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 Waste
management
THE AMOUNT OF SOLID
HOUSEHOLD WASTE GENERATED IS INCREASING
 CAUSES
1.An increase in the amount of
imported and local packaging and an increase in more complex
packaging, not subject to recycling 2.
The population and staff lack
information about the possibilities of avoiding the production of
unnecessary waste
3.There are no legislative acts
or action plans for reducing the amount of waste at the place where
it is produced
4. Lack of funding and
inappropriate use of funding to organise waste management, to
provide subsidies for recycling, to carry out education and
advertising campaigns, and to produce information
5.Limited capacity of the
market for recyclables
6.Waste producers'
responsibilities are not clearly defined, and insufficient control
is exercised over the process by which each waste producer handles
waste
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS INCREASING IN RIGA, AND THE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE CITY ARE
DECLINING WHEN WASTE IS BEING DUMPED AND BURNED IN PLACES WHERE IT
IS PROHIBITED
CAUSES
1.The population has a limited
sense of responsibility for the city
2.An optimal waste management
system does not exist
3.An unorganised institutional
system, there being no Waste Management Department
4.The chain- waste producer -
dumping / processing is not monitored,
5.Landowners and leaseholders do
not observe legislation
the activities and exchange of information
between the Environmental Department, Greater Riga Regional Board
and the Utility Management Department of the Riga City Council are
not co-ordinated
6.Lack of information about the
opportunities to collect waste
7. Lack of processing or dumping
capacity
8. Projects aimed at the promotion and development
of private business are not encouraged
PROLONGED STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN THE WAY THAT
DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS
CAUSES
1.Lack of places for processing,
dumping or storing
2.Lack of co-operation between
the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
and Riga City Council
3.Insufficient financial
investment aimed at the organisation of the waste management
system
4.Lack of legal norms
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CAUSED BY
HOUSEHOLD WASTE DUMPING SITES
(Kleisti, Deglava, hazardous waste dumping site
on the bank of the Daugava, Zemgale suburb, Getlini)
CAUSES
1.The dump sites were created
and administered on the basis of environmental policy
inherited from the Soviet system,
2.City authorities do not
co-operate to eliminate environmental pollution caused by household
waste dumping sites or to improve the environmental quality of the
dumping sites
3.Lack of financing for the
re-cultivation and remediation of dump sites
4. Lack of information and poor involvement
of the public in resolving issues related to the adverse effects of
dump sites upon the urban environment
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