Government invests NIS 600m. to turn trash into energy

01.12.2011                      05.Kislev. 5772

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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….