PHOTOS: Jerusalem City Hall Fighting Illegal Dumping Of Building Materials

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The Jerusalem municipality confiscated a truck that dumped building waste and fined its owner NIS 20,000 in its battle against illegal dumping.

The municipality of Jerusalem is working to eliminate the pirate dumping construction waste throughout the city: During the activity of the municipal enforcement and policing teams in the Jabil Mukhaber area, a truck was seen hurling construction waste in an open area. The municipal enforcement and policing team detained the truck driver and carried out a procedure to confiscate the truck. During his interrogation, the truck driver connected himself to another 17 dumps and admitted all the offenses attributed to him for this offense.

In light of the findings, the owner of the truck was required to clear all the waste he had dumped into the Kalandia quarry site (the cost of the evacuation is estimated at NIS 20,000). He also has to deposit a bank guarantee of NIS 20,000 for a year, for maintenance of cleanliness.

City official Nissim Dayan stated, “The enforcement and policing department will continue to act by all legal means, imposing heavy fines on lawbreakers and preventing the dumping of waste at pirate sites, which cause heavy damage to nature.”

The Municipal Supervision Department conducts special operations, including: hidden surveillance, confiscating trucks and tractors, filing criminal indictments, cleaning operations with the assistance of the Department of the Environment, integrated policing, police / municipality combined activities and more.

Between 2016 and 2017, 850 fines were filed, 30 vehicles were confiscated, 100 containers for waste disposal and 20 files were opened for the dumping of pirated waste. The municipality notes that the Environmental Enforcement Law allows the imposition of high fines for the dumping of construction waste in the public domain: NIS 4000 per individual, NIS 8000 for a corporation and a year of imprisonment.