Municipalities of Ogre region council On April 25, the “Central Latvia Regional Waste Management Plan 2024-2028” was approved, which envisages expanding the system of separate waste collection, developing the institutional system of waste management, creating a stronger waste management region, and implementing circular economy principles in order to significantly increase waste recycling and reduce landfill waste volumes.
The municipality of Ogre region is included Central Latvian waste management region, which is the largest waste management region in Latvia, where almost half of Latvia’s population lives and 0.5 million tons of waste is produced annually. This region includes the administrative territories of the cities of Riga and Jelgava, as well as the counties of Đadaži, Bauska, Dobele, Jelgava, Ķekava, Mārupe, Olaine, Ogre, Ropaži, Salaspils and Sigulda.
In accordance with the Law on Waste Management, municipalities within the waste management region develop a regional waste management plan (AARP). PMunicipalities in the administrative territory of which the waste collected in the administrative territory is transferred to the “Brakški” waste landfill (Jelgava state city, Jelgava county and Dobele county) have agreed to develop their regional waste management plan for Central Latvia 2023-2027. for the year. On the other hand, the other municipalities, the waste collected in their administrative territory is transferred to the waste landfill “Getliņi”, including the Ogre region, have developed the Central Latvia Regional Waste Management Plan 2023-2028. project for the year, including the requirements set out in the current regulatory acts.
The main objectives of the plan are to prevent the generation of waste, to ensure the reduction of the amount of waste to be buried, the rational use of waste as a resource, as well as to ensure that the generated waste is not dangerous or poses a small risk to the environment and human health. In order to achieve them, it is planned to inform and educate waste generators, expand the system of separate waste collection (creation of new waste sorting places and areas, promotion of garden and park waste composting, etc.), create case and property exchange centers, etc.
The regional waste management plan of Central Latvia 2024-2028 will enter into force after it has been approved by all municipalities in the waste management region.
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