A professional tour of the GreenNet Recycling & Waste Treatment plant in Atarot was conducted for the university's Associate Deans and Green Council members. The plant is responsible for collecting, sorting, and treating solid waste for the Jerusalem municipality.
The tour was triggered by the declining availability of recycling bins throughout Jerusalem and the university campuses and its purpose was for the university to learn more about the plant's waste management. It became apparent during the tour that even when waste arrives at the plant unsorted, each item is collected and recycled seperately, by type.
Remaining waste is transferred for waste-to-energy incineration with environmentally-friendly combustion residue filtration. Only the waste that cannot be recycled or incinerated is sent to landfill sites.