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Population growth, rising standards of living and changes in consumption patterns have resulted in the discharge of increasing quantities of waste into the environment worldwide. Each person in Israel produces some 1.6 kilograms of solid waste a day. The total quantity of waste produced in the country annually by a population of about 5.3 million is equal to 3.1 million tons — with quantities increasing at an average rate of 2% yearly. In a country with meagre land resources, on the one hand, and ever-increasing quantities of refuse, on the other hand, sound management of solid waste is imperative.
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Inbar, Y., Nissim, I., Amir-Shapira, D. (1997). Solid waste management in Israel. In: Rosen, D., Tel-Or, E., Hadar, Y., Chen, Y. (eds) Modern Agriculture and the Environment. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5418-5_34
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