80 waste separation bins installed on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
Starting 2019, Georgia is to gradually adopt the waste separation model. Photo: Mtatsminda District Administration.
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80 recycling bins for glass, paper and plastic were installed on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi last night.
Old litter bins were removed from the street.
The new bins were placed as a part of a waste separation obligation Georgia has taken on under the Association Agreement with the EU.
Installation process. Photo: Mtatsminda District Administration.
Starting 2019, Georgia is to gradually adopt the waste separation model.
Rustaveli Avenue is not the first place where the waste separation bins have been installed. They have been available in different parts of the city, such as metro station ‘University’, Lisi Lake and others since 2018.
The Georgian coastal city of Batumi was the country’s first area to implement a recycling strategy in a bid to reduce pollution. In 2015, more than 100 recycling bins separating glass, paper and plastic were installed on the Batumi boulevard.
One of the newly-installed bins. Photo: Mtatsminda District Administration.
A new waste management code also takes effect in December, 2019, which obliges manufacturers to reduce negative environmental impact that may accompany a product’s production, use, waste recovery or disposal.
To note, underground waste containers will also be installed on Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi.
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Georgia’s coastal city Batumi is the country’s first area to implement a recycling strategy in a bid to reduce pollution.
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.
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