EU Ambassador challenges Georgian officials to show how they minimise waste
EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell calls everyone to "make an effort for the environment”. Photo: European Union in Georgia/Facebook
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European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell has challenged Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili and Chairman of the Parliamentary Environment Protection Committee Kakha Kuchava to show how they are helping to minimise waste in the country.
“We all have to make an effort for the environment”, Ambassador Hartzell said in a video released on his official Twitter page earlier this week.
Whenever I go shopping, I bring my own bag to reduce plastic waste”, the EU Ambassador said, challenging Zurabishvili, Davitahsvili and Kuchava “to share how they minimize their waste.”
Waste Minimisation Challenge is on! Everyone can do small things for the environment. Here's what I do!
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) May 6, 2019
I have challenged:
????@Zourabichvili_S
????Minister Davitashvili @agricultureGEO
????@kkuchava
to show how they minimise waste!https://t.co/wxyzXKKWj6#youcreateenvironment pic.twitter.com/nmtW8tPcbk
Every year, Georgia generates 900,000 tonnes of household waste, which equals 3,420,000 (3.42 million) cubic meters, this amount can cover entire Tbilisi with a waste layer of 10cm thick, the delegation of the European Union to Georgia reports.
The EU delegation calls on everyone to contribute to reducing waste and offers some methods to do so:
- Take fabric bags with you when going shopping
- Buy products with less packaging
- Buy multipurpose detergents
- Buy rechargeable batteries
- Buy products in glass containers
- Say no to disposable containers
The waste separation, collection and recycling pilot project was launched in Marneuli, Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide Georgia with €15 million for a solid waste management project in Tbilisi.
A new programme will be launched in 2019 to co-finance a new enterprise that will process forest waste, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture.
Social enterprise Anastasia has opened on Kerchi Street, Tbilisi, which will provide female victims of violence with cooking courses. Spanish Chef Manuel will conduct the classes.
The British Embassy in Georgia posted a photo of a t-shirt yesterday, which was inspired by British Ambassador Justin McKenzie Smith’s earlier Georgian language meme. Justin McKenzie Smith posted a conjugation of a Georgian verb with a humorous definition in February 2019.
What should manufacturers in Georgia know?
All manufacturers in Georgia who place a product onto the market will be obliged to reduce negative environmental impact that may follow its production, use, waste recovery or disposal.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has accepted the challenge of the European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell and showed how she is helping to minimise waste in the country.