Recycling in Israel accounts for approximately 20% of waste in that country.^[1]

The two laws that most directly concernrecycling inIsrael are the Law to Protect Cleanliness (1984)^[2] and the Law for the Collection of Recycling (1993).^[3]

The Law to Protect Cleanliness:

• bans the disposal of waste in public areas; and
• requireslocal governments to establish sites for the collection and removal of garbage and recycling; and
• sets fines for acts that violate the provisions of this law; and
• mandates that funds raised from such fines go to a Fund for the Protection of Cleanliness.^[4]

The Law for the Collection of Recycling:

• calls on local governments to establish areas for the collection and removal of recycling; and
• allows the Minister for the Protection of the Environment to obligate local governments to establish such areas.^[5]

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