The Joint Service Council for Solid Waste Management strongly condemns the sinful attack on the board member and the mayor of the Greens Mr. Ahmed Salah and his deputy Mr. Ahmed Issa. We ask the legal and judicial authorities to prosecute and inflict the heaviest punishment on the aggressors.

The Joint Services Councils of the Ministry of Local Government in cooperation with the Japan Local Government Agency (JICA) funded this project launched on Monday a campaign to reduce your waste by improving your life, which aims to educate citizens and stakeholders on the need to preserve the environment and the dangers of solid and compulsory waste. The activity included ...

The Joint Services Council for Solid Waste Management in cooperation with Bethlehem Municipality, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Ministry of Local Government and Police, with the support of JICA, conducted an awareness campaign targeting public and private cars, pedestrians and shop owners at important crossroads in the governorate From the national campaign launched by the Ministry of Local Government “2019 Year ...

The World Bank-funded Solid Waste Management Project in the West Bank, implemented by the Higher Joint Solid Waste Management Council of the Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates, has been awarded the World Bank’s Best Project in the World and Similar Countries for Palestine. A high-level delegation from the World Bank represented by Mrs. Ayat Suleiman, the World Bank’s Urban Sector Officer, ...

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Local Government, the Joint Higher Council for Solid Waste Management in Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates, in cooperation with the World Bank and the Mediterranean Integration Center, organized a workshop entitled “Discussion on the Problems Afflicting Refugee Host Countries, in particular Palestinian Experience in Solid Waste Management”. Mayors of Jordan and Turkey, with the ...

Solid waste management is one of the major problems in Palestine; this is due to continuous increase of population density, lack of financial resources and lack of skills and experience in solid waste management.   Solid waste produced by Palestinian population in the West Bank amounts to more than 600,000 ton/year. About 67 % of this volume is collected by ...