Israeli Waste Management

Raya BlitmanHazardous Waste Officer

November 2013

Ministry of Environmental Protection

Recommendation of the Council on the Reduction of Transfrontier Movements of

Waste [C(90)178/Final] Hazardous Substances Regulations (Import and

Export of Hazardous Wastes), 1994 provide the legal basis for implementing the Basel Convention and OECD decisions and recommendations

Directive for the Amber Procedure Transboundary control through the Free Import/Export

Orders and Customs No export to non-OECD/EU countries Policy Document on Hazardous Waste Export - 2013

As a general rule - export is approved when no environmentally sound treatment available in Israel and for recoverable waste only

Recommendation of the Council on the Reduction of Transfrontier Movements of Waste

[C(90)178/Final]

Total HazWaste

Recommendation of the Council on the Reduction of Transfrontier Movements of Waste

[C(90)178/Final]

Incineration of HazWaste

Recommendation of the Council on the Reduction of Transfrontier Movements of Waste

[C(90)178/Final]

Export of HazWaste

Hazardous waste treatments at Ramat Hovav 2011 site/outside Ramat Hovav site

Distribution of HazWaste main treatments outside Ramat Hovav site

Adequate regulatory and enforcement infrastructure - all waste treatment facilities hold a business license and comply with the clean air act & hazardous material permit

Monitoring & control - obligatory quarterly reports concerning waste treatment, safety/health requirements (Ministry of Economy), laboratory monitoring, ISO/standards.Main recycling plants are required to operate according to BAT

Enforcement measures – hearings, administrative cleanup or closure orders, and criminal investigations.In recent years - 60 investigations, over 50 cleanup orders and 7 hearings

Action Plan for 2013-2017 to Upgrade and to Regularize Waste treatment in Arab, Druze,

Bedouin and Circassian Communities

Education Effective enforcement against perpetrators Upgrading of waste treatment and

recycling infrastructure Waste hazards removal

Education Infrastructure

Enforcement

2013- Government ResolutionPlan to Improve the Environment in the Bedouin

Sector in Negev

The Plan

~ 40 million NIS allocated to the Bedouin sector

Budget for specific settlements ~50% “Regional" projects for all communities (waste

transfer stations, establishment of Environmental Association of Towns, etc.) ~50%

The Plan

Establishment of regional waste collection system

Establishment of regional and local waste recycling infrastructure

Removal of waste nuisances Environmental education Enforcement and Inspection - establishment

of Environmental Association of Towns Establishment of a professional Inter-

ministerial Committee

Paper and cardboard waste – domestic recycling and

export for recycling.

Tyres - recycling. Insufficient demand for the recycled

material.

Glass - recycling, use of crushed glass aggregate in

infrastructure projects and export for recycling.

Plastic – recycling and export for recycling.

E-waste - the Law will come into force in 2014.

Solid Waste Treatment InfrastructureEPR Waste Streams

Thank you!