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Within a year: The deposit law will also be extended to 1.5-liter drinking bottles - Walla! news

2020-10-18T14:45:55.239Z


The Minister of Environmental Protection has decided that even large bottles will be charged a deposit, similar to that imposed on smaller bottles and cans. The economy will be given a preparation period of about a year until the actual law is expanded. Once the move is completed, the "recyclers" will disappear from the streets, and be replaced by vending machines at key points.


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Within a year: The deposit law will also be extended to 1.5-liter drinking bottles

The Minister of Environmental Protection has decided that even large bottles will be charged a deposit, similar to that imposed on smaller bottles and cans.

The economy will be given a preparation period of about a year until the actual law is expanded.

Once the move is completed, the "recyclers" will disappear from the streets, and be replaced by vending machines at key points.

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Yoav Itiel

Sunday, October 18, 2020, 5:31 p.m.

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In the video: Demonstration outside Minister Gamliel's home (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel decided today (Sunday) to impose a deposit on 1.5-liter bottles.

So far only smaller bottles have been charged a fee of 25 cents as a deposit.

According to the Minister's decision, the economy will be given a preparation period of about a year until the actual deposit law is expanded, taking into account the challenges of the corona crisis.



According to the ministry's announcement, the issue is being examined by Gamliel entering the position in May, and after in-depth staff work conducted in recent months, it was decided to apply the deposit to large beverage bottles as well, in addition to the current deposit obligation for small bottles.

In doing so, Israel is joining a growing number of countries that have imposed a deposit requirement on all beverage containers, in part to address the problem of disposable plastics in public space.



Once the move is completed and the deposit law is applied, the "recyclers" will disappear from the streets, and be replaced by automatic deposit collection and return machines, which will be placed in supermarkets and central collection points.

The Minister will submit an order for the approval of the Knesset's Economics Committee, in order to allow the economy a one-year preparation period for applying the deposit.

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Will disappear from the streets soon.

Cyclical in Tel Aviv (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel said that "the best way to clean the public space of empty bottles and encourage recycling, is by applying a deposit to the large bottles as well."

She said, "This is a right step from an environmental and economic point of view: 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."

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The chairman of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, MK Miki Haimovich, welcomed the extension of the deposit law, and said that this was an important decision.

"At a good time, the Ministry of Environmental Protection decided to extend the deposit law on large beverage bottles made of plastic. This is an important step that could have a dramatic impact on our nature, and on the amounts of landfilled waste."

She added that "expanding the law will also save money for the economy and local authorities, and it has enormous social significance. It is time to change the equation - preserving nature and ecosystems also has social and economic value."

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