Riga - On January 21, in the meeting of the State Secretaries, draft law prepared by the Ministry of the Environment „Waste Management Law” was announced. The aim of the draft law is to adopt the requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC in the legislation of Latvia.
Draft law states the measures to encourage the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome, including specific waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste.
It also states that the first objective of any waste policy should be to minimise the negative effects of the generation and management of waste on human health and the environment. Waste policies and waste management plans should be renewed because of the administrative reform.
The new draft law states that is is needed to start the divided waste collection as well as reaching for the targets in collecting and recycling household and building waste.
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