Tallinn joins the movement toward Zero Waste cities
The City of Tallinn has submitted its application to become a Zero Waste Candidate City under the Mission Zero Academy (MiZA) certification scheme, makingi it the first Estonian city to [..]
Baltic supporters of circular economy sign co-operation memorandum
Leading advocates of the so-called circular economy from the three Baltic States signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday at the Nordic Circular Summit. They agreed to accelerate the transition [..]
Survey shows Tallinn residents moving towards circular economy by sorting waste
The results of the Tallinn Strategic Management Office’s survey “Green City and Circular Economy” show a significant increase in the sorting of waste at home, at the workplace and in [..]
While one of Estonia’s largest waste management companies, Eesti Keskkonnateenused, has been critical of the proposed waste reform, their competitor Ragn-Sells is not, affirming that the goal of the reform [..]
Packaging: new EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle
The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to make packaging easier to reuse and recycle, to reduce unnecessary packaging and waste, and to promote the use of recycled content. On Tuesday, [..]
SEI: Estonia lacks capacity to recycle textile waste
According to the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Estonia lacks the capacity to recycle textile waste and the corresponding technological solutions. About 16,000 tons of new clothes and home textiles are [..]