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 Waste
management
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order to organise waste management in the city, several projects
have been implemented over the past few years, including projects
with the participation of foreign partners. The draft plan for Riga
City Solid Waste Management 1994 - 2005 has been developed. Based on
the results obtained, the Waste Management Concept has been
developed setting forth six goals aimed at the organisation of waste
management:
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To
encourage the use of recycled packaging of goods
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To
reduce the amount of waste produced by households and enterprises
by taking administrative and financial measures
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To introduce the collection of
waste for recycling and reduce the amount of waste to be dumped by
recycling such waste
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To
set up an earmarked system of financing to manage
waste
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To
create and maintain a hygienic and environment-friendly waste
management system in
Riga
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To
reduce the pollution of the environment caused by waste management
Within
the framework of the Waste Management Plan, 12 pilot projects have
been implemented in the city, the most important ones
being:
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the
pilot project for the collection of sorted household waste in
three residential areas of the city - Centrs, Vidzeme and Kurzeme
districts
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the
creation of the waste producer recording system
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setting
up of a separate waste management department on a commercial
basis
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drafting
of tender provisions for the collection and transportation of
waste
To
implement the Solid Waste Management Project at the Getlini site,
the non-profit organisation "Getlini-EKO" Ltd was established in
1998.
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