Vladislavas Kondratovičius: it’s time to think about increasing the waste management capacity of the Vilnius region

Vladislavas Kondratovičius: it's time to think about increasing the waste management capacity of the Vilnius region

“We need to look to the future. We are talking about the emergence or search for a new location or some other capacities, this is a decade-long job and truly very long-term, so we must start thinking about it today,” the former Minister of Interior told LRT radio on Friday.

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Meanwhile, Gediminas Ratkevičius, the mayor of Elektrėnai municipality, in whose territory the Kazokiškės landfill is located and which has declared an extreme situation due to its high pollution, says that the municipality has raised and will continue to raise the question of a location for a new landfill.

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“I know, landfills do not appear with great desire and open arms, they come through big lawsuits, through disputes, and I know that when this landfill is full, a new location will not be found, and then the already overflowing landfill will have to be overfilled. Our task is to prevent this from happening, to raise the question so that it does not happen and a location is already being sought, starting to be sought now,” the mayor explained to LRT radio.

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