Israel Upgrades Waste Management

Jerusalem, 22 July, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Ministry of environmental Protection is continuing to implement the waste treatment policy to reduce landfilling, increase recycling, and develop advanced infrastructure for this purpose. To that end, it published a broad appeal to local authorities for budgetary support following the expected closure of the Evron landfill site and the transfer of waste to advanced sorting in the amount of NIS million Shekels ($16.3 million).

The Evron landfill site in the north of the country, which has operated for many years, is expected to close soon, and an advanced sorting plant built with the assistance of the ministry is expected to open. As part of the change in the way waste is handled, treatment prices are expected to be updated, so the ministry is enlisting the help of local authorities for an interim period to adapt.

It has operated for a decade near Kibbutz Evron, receiving annually approximately 360,000 tons of mixed municipal waste and is now expected to reach its landfill capacity. Closing the landfill and opening the advanced sorting plant has economic implications due to the price differences between outdated landfilling and advanced sorting.

The funds will assist local authorities adapt to price changes and will serve the authorities in the transition from direct landfilling of waste to advanced sorting and treatment according to the Ministry’s waste strategy, with the aim of reducing landfilling of waste in Israel.