Tag: garbage

Tons of trash left at picnic sites by Israelis after Passover

Israel's recent Passover holiday period, which also included opening season visits to beaches and various picnic sites, is still being...

Lebanon’s Sidon garbage mountain to become city park

Taking a cue from its neighbor city Tel Aviv Lebanon's regional "landmark", Sidon's notorious garbage mountain, will now become...

Lebanon’s largest landfill gets blocked by protestors

Lebanon has had its share of pollution and garbage issues laundered out on Green Prophet. There have been stories...

Israel’s Energy Industries Wins Power From Garbage Contract in Ghana

Who says that garbage can't be used to create energy, including electricity? The same garbage that created eyesores like the...

Israel to Build Largest Middle East Recycling Plant

Tires, plastics, and other types of solid waste will soon be converted into energy and other products at a...

Heaping Urban Trash May be More Serious than Climate Change

Heaping urban trash may be an even more daunting global phenomenon than climate change, the World Bank warned in...

Beirut’s Giant Tire Fire Intentionally Set?

Black smoke billows out of Karantina dump tire fire, near Beirut this weekend. Green groups think the fire was...

Eid Ul Adha Divers Clean 80 Kilos of Undersea Trash

What’s an Aqaba trip over Eid Ul Adha without some snorkeling at the coral beds off Tala Bay of...

Solar Taxi Visits Israel Cleanup Day

Israeli volunteers joined others worldwide on November 1st, in an international movement to "clean up" our environmental act. The 11th...

Spend Summer Nights at Hiria, Central Israel's Garbage Dump, Among the Trash and Beneath the Stars

Get romantic at the dump! Hiria garbage dump tries to attract visitors this summer with outdoor movie screenings and...

Are "Green" Garbage Bags Good for the Environment?

Question: What product do we buy just to throw out again? Answer: Garbage bags. New “green” products, like biodegradable garbage...