The Ben Shemen Forest is located at the center of Israel, and it draws visitors from all over the country. It contains extensive recreation infrastructure, and is an ideal picnic spot – which, naturally, leads to a lot of waste collected in it. To keep the forest clean and bring the waste volume down, KKL-JNF has installed over 63 underground waste collection containers, with an overall capacity of 330 cubic meters. The containers are spread all throughout the picnic recreation areas, and at the entrances to the forest. "This is a system of underground waste containers, each with a capacity of five cubic meters and we ask the public to get rid of its waste in the containers and avoid polluting the forest. The project help us and the natural environment," said Neta Laska, Crowd Coordinator of the coastal plain area at KKL-JNF.
Underground waste container at the Ben Shemen Forest. Photograph: KKL-JNF