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Article: NGO: Gov't losing hundreds of millions by failing to collect pollution fees
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- August 7, 2008
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EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Jerusalem Post
08-07-2008
Headline: NGO: Gov't losing hundreds of millions by failing to collect pollution fees
Byline: EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 06
Thursday, August 7, 2008 -- The government is losing between NIS 200 million and NIS 900m. per year by not implementing a discharge fee for companies that have permits to dump sewage into the Mediterranean Sea, according to the annual State of the Sea Report released by Zalul on Wednesday.
Zalul, an NGO committed to protecting Israel's seas, based its figures on an analysis of eight of the highest- polluting companies who received permits to dump into the sea. Without a discharge fee, Zalul charged, ...