Giant plant to turn half of Tel-Aviv's garbage Into fuel

Amid the aroma of garbage that still perfumes the air around the Hiriya Recycling Park, government officials and relevant executives laid the cornerstone for a refuse derived fuel plant that will eventually transform half of the Dan region’s waste into usable fuel. “This is a project that is going to generate a whole revolution in the treatment of waste in the Dan area and the whole of Israel,” said Gila Oron, head of the Tel Aviv region at the Interior Ministry. The cornerstone-laying for the giant plant occurred on Monday near its future site at the recycling park, during the First International Waste Tech Conference, initiated by the park and Dan Municipal Sanitation Association chairman Doron Sapir. Aiming to provide solutions to the waste problem in Israel, the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plant will take in daily 1,500 tons of high calorific waste – such as wood, plastic, textiles, cardboard and paper – and transform them into a usable fuel through a dry combustion process known as RDF, according to the project. This amount is equivalent to half of the Dan region’s daily waste production.

ECOntainer Bridge wins Ariel Sharon Park competition

Yoav Messer Architects proposal won the Ariel Sharon Metropolitan Park design competition for a pedestrian & cycling entrance bridge connecting the mountain above the Ayalon river. The design features recycling of containers for an ECOntainer bridge, which fits in with the recycling stations and recycling plants already present as part of recycling the waste mountain into the park and its main theme. Far from being simply a conveyance over a body of water, the ECOntainer Bridge is an attraction unto itself. It features numerous observation points and exhibition spaces, making it into a fascinating space rather than just a way to get from one side of the park to the other. Available only to pedestrians and light vehicles, the bridge will be a tranquil structure free of cars.