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Lithuanians sort only 5% of waste

July 20, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanians only throw 5% of all household waste into sorting containers, the head of the waste management company Ecoservice claims. “15-20% of the population participates in waste sorting and in Lithuania around 30,000 tons of […]

Lithuania still needs progress in waste management

February 16, 2016 LT Daily 0

Although Lithuania has made significant progress in waste management over the last years, it is still behind many other EU countries. […]

How is Lithuania dealing with waste compared to other EU countries?

February 2, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuania has just introduced a deposit system for disposal drink containers as it finds itself with much room to improve on waste management with around 40% of packaging going into landfills suitable for recycling. […]

Lithuania recycles just 30 percent of waste

October 21, 2015 ELTA EN 0

292,000 tonnes of glass, plastic and paper packaging were sold in Lithuania in 2014 together with food products and other goods. Only 30 percent of the amount was properly recycled. […]

Lithuania among EU leaders in lowest greenhouse gas emissions

March 4, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Lithuania amount to 4-5 tons per capita and are among the lowest in the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report The European Environment – State and Outlook 2015. […]

Lithuania is approaching its waste management target

January 23, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania is approaching the target established in the waste management plan to recycle or reuse at least 45 percent of municipal waste. […]

Green lifestyle in Latvia: Eco-friendly ideas still at odds with actions

July 13, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

People in Latvia have very different understandings of the most important activities for green and environment-friendly lifestyle. Also, actions tend to conflict with knowledge, according to results of the recent DNB Latvian Barometer. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]