Solar Energy Platforms

Water recycling and solar energy platforms are in line for implementation as well. These concepts are being implemented in cities; we want to be at the heart of the sustainable energy movement in Dimona. Consider the excerpt from Haaretz writing in 2018:

Israeli Cities Take the Lead in Recycling and Renewable Energy

by Zafrir Rinat

In the central Israeli town of Kfar Sava, a team meets every few weeks at city hall to discuss a utopian-sounding project to recycle nearly all of the city’s garbage. In Eilat, 350 kilometers to the southeast, officials are working to harness solar energy for all of the city’s electricity demands. Carrying out these projects requires environmental awareness, but the driving force is largely necessity.

Local governments want to cut their spending on electricity and waste collection while addressing environmental hazards that affect residents’ quality of life. Officials have learned that there’s no point waiting for the national government to meet its promises on the environmental front, which include the establishment of waste sorting and recycling facilities.

“Garbage collection accounts for 40 to 60 percent of the city’s operational expenses,” says Kfar Sava CEO Itay Tzahar in explaining the city’s goal of “zero landfill.”

“In our discussions, we refer to waste as a resource and consider how to exploit it,” Tzahar says.

The plan is based in part on programs that are already in place, such as sending electronic waste to an innovative recycling plant for that purpose in the nearby Barkan Industrial Zone, in the West Bank. Kfar Sava hopes to increase the volume of old computers and other hardware that goes to the plant. It also seeks to partner with other communities on waste disposal, a move encouraged by the Environmental Protection Ministry. Kfar Sava is working with the Emek Hefer Regional Council, to the north, which has a biogas plant that converts organic waste into electricity.

Construction waste is a problem for most cities, where it is often dumped illegally in open areas near residential and commercial building projects. The Environmental Protection Ministry has promised to propose new legislation tackle the issue but for now, the waste is piling up.

The large southern central town of Rishon Letzion has tapped a private company, Negev Ecology, to establish a recycling center for building waste. The city plans to lease dumpsters at a discount to home owners planning renovation work, to guarantee that the waste goes to the recycling facility. Kfar Sava has a similar plan and also intends to install recycling stations for smaller amounts of construction waste.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-cities-take-the-lead-in-recycling-and-renewable-energy-1.586