Trash

Cat-sized rats plague Britain's second largest city as 17,000 tonnes of trash pile in streets

Residents report the trash pile ups have led to rats the size of "small cats" invading homes and destroying cars.

A woman covers her nose as she walks past a pile of rubbish as refuse workers strike over job losses in Birmingham, Britain September 12, 2017.
 Trash and recycling bins in Jerusalem.

The trash of Jerusalem: Who sorts the garbage of Israel's capital?

 AN ISRAELI company is turning the contents of your trash can into clean energy.

Waste not want not: Biofuels can be developed from organic household waste - study

 Hiriya Recycling Park

Israel is flooded with trash. Who will take care of it?


Aerial surveys show US landfills are major source of methane emissions

Study finds over half of US landfills are super-emitting methane sources, suggesting targeted action for climate change mitigation.

 Palestinian firemen extinguish a fire at a landfill in Juhr al-Deek, southeast of Gaza City, September 3, 2023.

Food Rescuers: Jerusalemites helping save edibles from the trash heap

The produce is sifted through by teams of enthused volunteers before being shipped out to various locations around Jerusalem – west and east – where locals can lay their hands on fresh healthy food.

 VOLUNTEERS MERRILY dig into market cast-offs.

Artificial 'nose' detects spoiled food and reduces waste

South Korean researchers have now developed an energy-efficient computing-based chip with smell-sensing units that can detect food spoilage.

 Food organized in a refrigerator.

Space is full of 200 tons of garbage. Now what?

Space is filled with deadly rocket debris and tons of human waste.

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Massive amounts of waste pulled from streams in Golan cleanup project

"The beauty of nature should be preserved, so we can enjoy a clean and well-kept environment, and protect the the delicacy between man and nature," the Kinneret Drainage and Streams Authority said.

Clean up efforts of dried riverbeds in the Golan resulted in more than 100 tons of trash collection.

Israel is buried under the weight of its waste

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: Here's how a new recycling plant in Israel's center could help solve Israel's mounting trash crisis.

 THE NEW construction waste recycling facility in Gush Dan.

This is how to get rid of fruit flies in your home without pesticides

Summer has arrived and with it comes swarms of flies. But don't worry, there is an original and easy patent that will help you get rid of them.

 Fruit flies on an orange

This week in Jerusalem: Social services for survivors

A weekly round-up of city affairs

 A MARCH takes place in Tel Aviv to raise awareness of the difficult living conditions of Holocaust survivors, in 2018. The large sign reads ‘Marching for Life,’ and carries the insignia of Aviv for Holocaust Survivors, a nonprofit organization.

Holon art exhibition adds a twist to garbage disposal

Atuma embraces quite a conceptual stretch and the exhibits duly span a broad spectrum of ideas and presentational formats.

 Works by Shaul Cohen and Reut Dafna are part of this year's Israeli Design Season in Holon.

Palestinian waste fires are 'killing us slowly,' warn Israelis in West Bank

Illegal burning of waste is one of the main causes of carcinogenic air pollution in Israel, Otzma Yehudit's Yitzhak Kreuzer said.

People are pictured next to a fire burning in a large container as Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a protest over tensions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on May 29, 2022

This week in Jerusalem: Park or parking?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 SACHER PARK in snow, Jan. 2022; Gan Sipur cafe is in the background.