�Rav Mordechai Direnfeld, who holds the environmental affairs portfolio in Beit Shemesh, announces that every residential building in the community will receive a paper recycling collection bin in the hope of increasing awareness and eliminating waste.

In phase one, the Aminar Company will distribute 300 bins to residential buildings that have a designated garbage room. According to Avi Bracha, the director of the municipality�s environmental bureau, Beit Shemesh generates 130 tons of trash daily, and he estimates paper and carton products comprise 15% of the total. He stresses we must do more to protect the environment and our natural resources, and this is a step in the right direction.

In addition, schools will receive paper recycling collection bins as well as the placement of �paper only� trash receptacles in municipal offices.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)