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Hiriya ((ヘブライ語:חירייה)) is a former waste dump located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. After accumulating 25 million tons of waste, the facility was shut down in August 1998.〔(Hiriya and Dudaim: A Tale of Two Landfills )〕It is visible on approach into Ben Gurion International Airport as a flat-topped mountain. Three recycling facilities have been established at the foot of the mountain: a waste separation center, a green waste facility that produces mulch and a building materials recycling plant.〔(Ariel Sharon Park transforms ‘eyesore’ into ‘paradise’, Jerusalem Post )〕 The area has since been renovated into a large park that is still under construction. ==History== The landfill is located on the lands of the Palestinian village of al-Khayriyya, from which the name Hiriya is derived.〔 The village, formerly called ''Ibn Ibraq'', preserving the name of the ancient biblical site Beneberak, was renamed al-Khayriyya in 1924.〔Cancik, Hubert, Peter Schäfer and Hermann Lichtenberger (1996), ''(Geschichte-Tradition-Reflexion: Festschrift Für Martin Hengel Zum 70. Geburtstag )''. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 3-16-146675-6. p. 484.〕 According to Rachelle Gershovitz of the ''Israel Venture Capital Journal'', the British authorities designated the area as Crown Land and plans were drawn up to use it as a draining plain to solve the annual flooding problem during the British Mandate.〔(At Hiriya, garbage is not a waste )〕 In the weeks prior to the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, its residents fled the village before advancing Haganah forces. Earmarked as a dump in 1952, the site grew to be more than half a mile long and over 87 yards (80 meters) above sea level.〔(Recycling in Israel, Not Just Trash, but the Whole Dump ) New York Times, 24 October 2007〕 The volume of waste was estimated at 16 million cubic meters. Calls to shut down the site mounted in the wake of the growing public awareness of environmental pollution, underground water contamination and the spread of noxious gases. Thousands of sea gulls and other birds attracted by the decomposing garbage created a hazard for commercial airliners taking off and landing at nearby Ben Gurion Airport. 〔(new face for Israel's garbage park )〕 In 1988, Hiriya ceased functioning as a waste landfill.〔(At Hiriya, garbage is not a waste, Alt Assets, 16 May 2007 )〕 In 2004, an international competition was held calling for ideas on how to rehabilitate the mountain of garbage, turn it into a positive landmark and keep it from collapsing into the Ayalon riverbed.〔(Hiriya Refuse Mountain Planning Competition - Ayalon Park )〕 Hiriya is not under the jurisdiction of any municipality. The site is managed by the Dan Region Association of Towns Sanitation and Solid Waste Disposal board.〔(How Green is My Landfill )〕 A recycling facility operated by the Israeli company ArrowEcology has introduced a new technology known as ArrowBio 〔(ArrowBio Process ) Finstein, M. S., Zadik, Y., Marshall, A. T. & Brody, D. (2004) The ArrowBio Process for Mixed Municipal Solid Waste – Responses to “Requests for Information”, Proceedings for Biodegradable and Residual Waste Management, Proceedings. (Eds. E. K. Papadimitriou & E. I. Stentiford), Technology and Service Providers Forum, p. 407-413]〕 that separates recyclable materials using water technology. Eighty percent of the waste that enters the system is reused, while only 20 percent ends up in the landfill.〔(How Green is My Landfill )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiriya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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