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On April 25, the municipal council of Ogre region approved the “Central Latvia Regional Waste Management Plan 2024-2028”, 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 to significantly increase waste recycling and reduce the amount of landfill waste.
The municipality of Ogre county is part of the 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 are 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). Municipalities whose waste collected in their administrative territory is transferred to the waste landfill “Brakški” (Jelgava state city, Jelgava county and Dobele county) have agreed to develop their Central Latvian waste management regional plan for 2023-2027. for the year. On the other hand, the other municipalities, in whose administrative territory the waste collected is transferred to the “Getliņi” waste landfill, including the Ogre region, have developed Central Latvia regional waste management plan 2023-2028. for the year the project, including in it the requirements set out in the valid 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.
