According to company representatives, after the storm, there has been a significant increase in residents’ inquiries about fallen trees, broken branches, and other green waste management. Specialists remind the most important principles that residents should follow when independently removing the storm’s consequences on their properties, according to a press release.
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Access difficulties in cemeteries
In cemeteries where many old trees grow, fallen trunks and broken branches have blocked paths and in some places damaged monuments. “Special equipment cannot reach many places, so employees have to cut and carry out trees and branches by hand. We hope to complete the work in the cemeteries we supervise in Tauragė, Alytus, Šiauliai, and Vilnius by the end of next week,” says the company’s Regional Territory Maintenance Manager Jurgita Beržinskė.
According to the representative of the landscaping services company, the storm’s consequences in the public spaces they maintain began to be removed over the weekend, and the main public spaces were cleaned up already on Sunday. The most damage was recorded in the Tauragė, Biržai, and Vilnius districts, and the least in Alytus.
Preliminary data shows that in the city of Biržai, the storm knocked down about 70 trees of various species – lindens, pines, spruces, willows, birches, and others. Most trees were knocked down in the Astravas manor park, Smėlio street, and A. Dauguvietis park. In this city alone, about 100 cubic meters of broken branches and leaves have already been collected and removed.
In Klaipėda, intensive cleanup work took place in Danė square, Sculpture park, and the central part of the city near the Fisherman’s monument. In Tauragė, the old town square suffered the most, where breaking branches also broke young newly planted trees.
After removing fallen trees and broken branches, the company will vacuum streets, parking lots, and sidewalks in the areas it maintains in Tauragė, Marijampolė, Šiauliai, Klaipėda, and Vilnius. The remaining cleanup work is planned to be completed by mid-next week.
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How to manage green waste yourself?
According to the company representative, after the storm, there has been a significant increase in residents’ questions about how to properly manage fallen trees and broken branches on their properties.
Residents can deliver this waste themselves to regional green waste reception sites where it is accepted free of charge. Before going, it is recommended to check the working hours and waste acceptance conditions of the chosen site.
Those who cannot transport green waste themselves can order a collection and removal service using big bags. Broken branches, bushes, and piled leaves can be loaded into big bags with a capacity of about one cubic meter. Branches placed in them should be chopped to about one meter in length so that the bag can be safely lifted and emptied.
“It is important not to throw other municipal waste – household, packaging, or construction waste – together with green waste. Due to such impurities, green waste cannot be properly processed and recycled,” emphasizes J. Beržinskė.
With autumn approaching, individual homeowners usually start tidying their plots and preparing them for winter. According to the company representative, the recent storm may somewhat accelerate these seasonal tasks – residents will simultaneously tidy their gardens and remove the storm’s consequences.
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