Waste management and Circular economy / sustainable

Recycling of biodegradable waste
Based on the additional support measures for the Covid-19 crisis through a medium-term Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative called REACT-EU, which is initiated by the European Commission, the Latvian government has set recovery measures also for environmental protection, increasing the amount of recycled and recovered waste by establishing anaerobic digestion facilities for biodegradable waste. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, a significant obstacle to ensuring successful operation and performance of waste recycling is that the demand for raw materials from abroad has fallen sharply and even in conditions of demand there is no possibility to transport raw materials across borders, while Latvia has insufficient recycling capacity within the country. Accordingly, due to both the limited market and the increased transport costs, the stabilization of the local waste recycling market should be promoted with the support of REACT-EU funds. It is also necessary to continue the establishment of waste recycling facilities in Latvia to ensure that the most significant waste streams can be recycled to the full extent within the country, thus ensuring compliance with EU directives on recycling targets and promoting the proximity of waste recycled as close as possible to their source. These activities will provide additional recycling capacity of 51,000 tonnes, but also integratively in reducing the sector’s GHG emissions and reducing the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis with a faster economic recovery. The selection of project applications will start in 2021.

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