01.12.2011 05.Kislev. 5772
Umwelt:
Government invests NIS 600m. to turn trash into energy
Environmental Protection Ministry, local authorities to invest in waste-treatment plants that generate bio-gas, fertilizer.
The Environmental Protection Ministry and local authorities will be collectively investing about NIS 600 million over the next three years in establishing waste-treatment plants that will generate bio-gas, fertilizers and traditional recycled materials, the ministry announced on Wednesday.
The future facilities will treat approximately 8,000 tons of garbage every day, constituting about two-thirds of the country’s total daily municipal waste, according to the ministry….