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Thousands tonnes of packaging was sent into recycling in Estonia in 2014

BC, Tallinn, 29.07.2015.Print version
A total of 54,836 tonnes of packaging was channelled to the Estonian market last year, of which 40,887 tonnes Eesti Pakendiringlus sent into recycling, LETA/Postimees Online reports.

"The biggest amount is paper and plastic packaging that emerges in companies, although when acting reasonably, it is even possible to make money on waste," explained the board chairman of the Eesti Pakendiringlus Aivo Kangus. According to him, the majority of waste comes from businesses and the share of packaging that reaches circulation from households is considerably smaller.

 

While starting this year, companies have the obligation of auditing packaging reports, just a quarter of the data that was submitted was audited since auditing obligation is unreasonably high cost for many companies, said Kangus.

 

The aim of packaging registry is keep a calculation of packaging sent to the Estonian market, packaging waste, recycled waste etc.

 

Pakendiringlus submitted to the register 1,648 companies' data.






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