A survey of Israeli priorities in environmental matters has found that almost three times as many people rank cleanliness in public spaces as more important than global warming. The survey, carried out for the nonprofit Clean, in conjunction with the Society for the Protection of Nature, said that two in five
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
Trash on the shore of the Dead Sea. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
Two in five Israelis (41 percent) rank cleanliness in public spaces as more important than clean air (27%) or the climate crisis (15%), according to a survey carried out for the nonprofit Clean, in conjunction with the Society for the Protection of Nature.
Just 9% put waste separation and recycling at the top of their list of five environmental concerns, and just 8% named wildlife extinction.
Asked to rank cleanliness in their neighborhoods, 14% were dissatisfied, compared to 38% who thought cleanliness in open spaces was bad or really bad, 46% who said it was average and 16% who judged it to be good or very good.