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REVIEW OF LITHUANIAN Regional Waste Management Systems

REVIEW OF LITHUANIAN Regional Waste Management Systems. Juozas Jankevicius President of the Lithuanian Regional Waste Management Centres Association January 27, 2011 Sigulda/Riga/Latvija. Development of the Regional Waste Management Systems

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REVIEW OF LITHUANIAN Regional Waste Management Systems

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  1. REVIEW OF LITHUANIAN Regional Waste Management Systems Juozas Jankevicius President of the Lithuanian Regional Waste Management Centres Association January 27, 2011 Sigulda/Riga/Latvija

  2. Development of the Regional Waste Management Systems Current situation with the Regional Waste Management Systems Future goals Problems

  3. STARTING PHASE OF THE REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (RWMS) DEVELOPMENT • 2000-10-28 Establishment of Vilnius Regional Waste Management Centre • 2002- 2005. Further development of the Regional Waste Management Centres • 10 Regional Waste Management Centres (RWMC)established, out of them: • 8 Closed Joint-Stock Companies; • 2 Public Institutions.

  4. CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRESIN LITHUANIA: • 11 Regional household wastes landfills operating; • 46collection sites for bulky wastes (CSBW) operating; • 19 green waste composting sites operating; • 5 waste transfer stations in action; • 1 sorting line for recyclables functioning;

  5. Following the start of the new Regional landfills’ functioning, the appropriate closure of existing inadequate dumps, disposal sites, and littered up areas and their normalization commenced. 376 old landfills and disposal sites have been restored/recultivated within past 3 years. 258 old landfills and disposal sites currently are in the process of restoration/recultivationwhile some others are start phase.

  6. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED: • The absence of definite and clear distribution of duties and responsibilities between Ministry of the Environment, municipalities and RWMC; • The deficiency of adequate and appropriate legal acts regulating the functioning of the RWMS and RWMC; • Deficit of the financial sources; • Litigations caused the hindrances to normal work; • Mistakes and oversights;

  7. Did the Regional Waste Management Systems prove the expectations in general? YES! THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

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