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Did you know that more than 40% of Israeli household waste is food scraps and kitchen waste? Also known as organic waste, wet waste in your garbage can reflects our healthy habits of eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables in our ‘Mediterranean’ diet.
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Did you know that 38% of Israel’s household waste is mainly paper and plastic packaging, bags, wrappers and cans? All these are materials that could be reused and recycled in Israel's emerging recycling economy.
Waste is a resource
To get Israel recycling as much as possible of its waste, we need to adopt the concept of waste as a resource while introducing (through regulation, economic incentives and collaboration between municipal and business sectors), separation at source as the operational procedure for dividing up our waste at home into separate wet and dry bins, for collection and transfer by the municipality to facilitates reuse of resources:
‘Waste as a resource’ is a common-sense concept easily understood by all audience segments. It encompasses any actions that:
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Reduce generation of waste, such as waste-wise product design, manufacturing processes and business operations; and
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Divert waste away from disposal and towards recovery as a valuable commodity.
Separation at source
Separation at source, the key mechanism for utilizing waste as a resource, is the simple procedure of segregating household garbage into wet (organic matter) and dry (paper, cardboard & plastic) streams for collection by municipal authorities and transit to material recovery 
facilities.
Wet waste – organic matter, food waste etc. – can be processed into compost as a valuable soil amendment or converted into energy by anaerobic digestion. Composting of organic waste is a critical part of the strategy to reduce landfilling and promote waste as a resource. Diverting organic waste to recycling will significantly reduce methane emissions in landfills. Moreover, compost is important for improving soils and plant growth in our arid climate and dry soils.
Dry waste – is further sorted at transition stations by composition and diverted to reuse and recycling facilities. Currently, the economic potential of dry waste recycling is hindered because recoverable materials are not segregated from the disposal chain on a large enough scale.
Diversion of dry waste away from landfills will reduce pollution, optimize use of resources, protect wild life and spur business development. Recycling of varieties of plastic on a large scale is crucial if Israel is to achieve an economically feasible recycling industry that provides jobs and offers a foothold in the increasingly important global materials recovery market.
Get ready to separate at source now: home composter at reduced rates to IUED members
Composting your family’s organic waste is easy and practicable. 
You’ll soon have rich compost to improve your garden’s soil and boost your indoor plants.
Live in an apartment?
Get together with your house committee and purchase a composter for joint use of families in your building. Your communal garden and balcony tubs will soon benefit.
Special offer to IUED members: Keter Plastics are offering members of IUED a 10% discount on purchase of a Keter home composter at any of Keter’s retail outlets.
Discount for limited period and on presentation of a current IUED membership card.
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