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Revolution: Deposit - also on 1.5 liter bottles | Israel today

2020-10-18T14:18:55.941Z


| around theAccording to the decision of the Minister of Environmental Protection, which will be submitted to the High Court for approval, a deposit will also be imposed on the high-capacity bottles. • "Man, Nature and Law" "Environmentally and economically correct step" Photography:  Joshua Joseph Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel decided today (Sunday) to impose a deposit on large bottl


According to the decision of the Minister of Environmental Protection, which will be submitted to the High Court for approval, a deposit will also be imposed on the high-capacity bottles. • "Man, Nature and Law"

  • "Environmentally and economically correct step"

    Photography: 

    Joshua Joseph

Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel decided today (Sunday) to impose a deposit on large bottles (with a capacity of 1.5 liters).

In this way, a decision was made in a long-standing struggle between beverage manufacturers and retail chains and green organizations, the leader in which is man, nature and law.

In practice, the economy will be given a preparation period of about a year to expand the deposit law, taking into account the challenges of the corona crisis.

The decision will be handed over to the High Court in the coming hours. After that, the public will be able to comment on the draft order. 

According to Minister Gamliel, "Today we are making history in the State of Israel with an important decision I made - to apply a deposit on 1.5 liter bottles. The best way to clean the public space of empty bottles and encourage recycling is by applying a deposit to large bottles as well. "The deposit will save tens of millions of shekels and lower the cost of living. There is a win-win-win for the environment, society and the economy."

The decision of the Minister of Environmental Protection corresponds with the long legal and public struggle waged by the organization Adam, Teva and Din for the application of the Deposit Law on the large bottles.

This included the filing of the High Court against the Ministry of Environmental Protection based on data from a 2016 report, which determined that failures had been found in the goals of the ELA recycling corporation.

As mentioned, manufacturers opposed the move, fearing it would lead to higher prices.

Adv. Amit Bracha, CEO of Adam, Teva VeDin, welcomed the move: "This is a historic move in protecting the environment in Israel. The application of the law will end a period in which tens of millions of polluting plastic bottles find their way into public spaces, beaches and nature reserves each year. It will earn tens of millions of shekels every year from the repayment of the deposit and Israel will align itself with European countries, and be a cleaner and healthier country for the public and the environment. " 

With the application of the deposit, Israel is expected to join an expanding club of developed and advanced countries that have applied a deposit to all beverage bottles.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Environmental Protection from today, "Applying the deposit on the large bottles will prevent harm, increase the volume of collection and save consumers tens of millions of shekels a year, while applying the 'polluter pays' principle.

"Applying the deposit will contribute to lowering the cost of living for recycling consumers and will save all consumers about NIS 60 million a year. It will also encourage the establishment of infrastructure for plastic recycling in Israel, which will replace landfilling and exporting plastic for recycling abroad, and create new jobs."

As you may recall, in 2018, the then Minister of Environmental Protection, Zeev Elkin, decided that the law would not apply to large bottles.

At the same time, it was decided to fine the beverage companies that did not meet the collection targets. 

Source: israelhayom

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