Haifa Court imposed a site for the dumping of Kibbutz Evron a financial fine of NIS 600,000

Ten years after causing environmental damage and violating the terms of a business license, the Haifa Magistrate's Court imposed a site for the dumping of Kibbutz Evron a financial fine of NIS 600,000. Kibbutz Evron was fined NIS 350,000, the landlord's CEO Moshe Greenberg (74) was fined NIS 40,000 and the managing director Aviram Shlomo (54) was fined NIS 10,000.
The fines were imposed after being convicted of serious environmental offenses and public harm. Sentence was given after defendants were convicted of conducting business violations in violation of license conditions, failure to refrain from contaminating water, causing strong or unreasonable odor, and violating a corporation's duty to monitor and prevent offenses and failure to take measures to prevent air pollution and unreasonable odor from any waste disposal site. By his share.
The sentencing was granted following administrative enforcement by the Northern District Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, due to landfill management in violation of business conditions and environmental hazards. The charge against the landfill and its managers was filed in 2016. Among other things, 10 years ago it was found that the defendants operated the landfill contrary to the business license conditions and caused odor hazards, did not cover waste as required and did not lay sealing infrastructure to prevent water pollution.
In the following years, the defendants continued to violate the terms of the business license, and in 2012 on a tour conducted by representatives of the Ministry of the Environment at the site revealed that an unreasonable odor and visible debris that attracts animals, which can transmit contaminants and diseases. Additional patrols in 2014 found additional deficiencies, including bad smells, probably caused by decayed organic waste, and vast areas without cover. Tours in 2015 saw similar deficiencies, including a smell that made the nausea go to the representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection who visited the place.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection argued in the hearing that the defendants committed the offenses over a period of several years, and that the public interest requires a strict and appropriate punishment, which will lead to both the individual deterrence and the deterrence of many. The infections were actually proven, causing a strong and improbable odor to the public while contaminating the stream and groundwater.
Judge Zayed Falah noted in the sentencing: "Let every corporation know and inform every officer of the corporation, ask them to harm the environment, whatever the reasons, and whoever violates this rule - may find their place, from now on, behind bars. The trial of perpetrators of such offenses, when they were usually content with imposing fines, expiring. And from now on, the level of punishment will rise. "
The landfill site located on Kibbutz Evron is only 600 meters away, and has provided services to one million residents in the Western Galilee. The landfill was operational by 2015. A new landfill was opened in 2016. Only after the landfill was closed was an indictment filed.