"In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinians are not allowed to move freely. They are subject to checkpoints and random gate closures around towns, which forces them to wait for hours and take long, circuitous routes."
"From waste plastic into a raw material again, says mechanical engineer Ibrahim Ghazal, one of the cofounders of this new startup operation called Scrapcycle Solutions."
"The tightened restrictions and proliferating checkpoints have left Palestinians living among waste, with the garbage uncollected or piling up at places where it sat temporarily before."
Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank are causing significant garbage disposal issues for Palestinians. Checkpoints and gate closures force long detours, exacerbating waste management problems. Two entrepreneurs, Ibrahim Ghazal and Faris Abu Keshek, founded Scrapcycle Solutions to address this issue. Their facility processes waste plastic into raw materials, aiming to alleviate the garbage crisis. The situation worsened after the Gaza war, with increased checkpoints leading to uncollected waste piling up in urban areas like Ramallah.
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