On Saturday, April 27, the Great Cleanup took place throughout Latvia, during which Riga residents diligently cleaned 134 places in the capital, collecting more than 90 tons of various types of waste.
The Riga City Council’s Territorial Improvement Board (TLP) organized the removal of waste from 98 municipal cleaning sites applied for this year, while SIA ”Rīgas meži”, SIA ”Rīgas namu pravdārvāds”, the Department of Housing and Environment of Riga municipality, as well as other cleaners will provide from 36 cleaning places.
Compared to last year, this year a total of ~22 tons more various waste was removed, of which ~32 tons were unsorted household waste, ~58 tons of waste were placed in Great Cleanup bags, ~19 cubic meters of slate, ~52 cubic meters of biological waste (leaves, branches) , more than 700 tires, as well as other types of waste such as construction debris and bulky waste. TLP will organize the removal of slate, tires, branches, etc. during this week.
On the day of the big cleanup, as well as the day after, residents of Riga had the opportunity to hand over the collected tree and shrub leaves at two points in the neighborhood. A total of 102 tons of leaves were removed over two days. The greatest activity of residents in handing over leaves was on April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., when even queues have formed for handing over pages. For the first time, Riga municipality has provided the possibility of handing over leaves in the spring.
External Communication Department of the Riga Municipality Communications Department
