Reducing waste, door to door

24.03.2011                      18.Adar ll, 5771

Umwelt:

Reducing waste, door to door

Life and Environment NGO to present this year’s seven "Green Globe" winners – and "a black one."

Amiad Lapidot spent November 2004 knocking on his neighbors’ doors in Moshav Kerem Maharal on the Carmel, distributing buckets to collect organic waste he then turned into compost for his farm. Nearly seven years later, his model for organic waste separation has been made available to more than 15,000 households across Israel, with the support of the Environmental Protection Ministry.
“My mission in life is to create a model of sustainability,” Lapidot said….