jpost.com, 30 June 2014
Funds to help with maintaining purity of undeclared beaches and open spaces along the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea shores.
The Environmental Protection Ministry will be allocating NIS 2 million for the purpose of maintaining cleanliness at beaches in 19 local authorities this summer, the ministry announced on Monday.
Under the framework of the ministry’s “Clean Beach” program, the funds will be administered with the purpose of maintaining the purity of undeclared beaches and open spaces along the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea shores, the ministry said. A portion of the money will be specifically allocated toward cleaning debris that drifts toward Israeli coasts from the direction of Lebanon and other countries in the region, the ministry added. Read more....