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To minimize the impact of waste on the environment, one of the
main objectives of the Municipal waste Management Strategy is
closure of the existing waste dump sites which do not meet
environmental standards, and the establishment of 10-12 municipal
sanitary landfill sites. Some of the municipal waste dump sites to
be closed are planned to be used as waste collection, sorting and
reloading areas.
Projects already are in operation for the development of
municipal waste landfill sites in Rīga, North Vidzeme, Liepāja
and Ventspils regions, and similar projects are being planned for
the Maliena, East Latgale and South Latgale regions. Biogas
collection for energy use is planned for the Rīga and Liepāja
municipal sanitary landfill sites, which will mitigate the impact
of waste storage on climate change.
The number of waste dumpsites decreased by 1/3 already by 1997.
In 2000, about 380 municipal waste dumpsites were in operation.
A system for inventory of waste is presently lacking in Latvia.
The yearly amount of produced waste is almost 600,000 t, of which
about 2/3 is residential waste and 1/3 is produced by institutions
and enterprises. About 55% of the total produced waste is
centrally collected.
Each resident of Latvia on average produces about 200 kg of
waste.
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