We'll be sorting the waste in Rēzekne.
The waste management company SIA “ALAAS”, in collaboration with the municipality of Rezekne, is working on the establishment of a waste sorting system in the territory of Rezekne District. In that year 12 Rēzekne novada parish (Ozolaine, Audrina, Feimane, Berzfines, Kaunatas, Ilzeskalna, Luznava, Nautre, Boys, Griškana, Gaigalava, Strujan) will be created by municipal waste collection points (a closed-type sorting container for paper, plastic and glass). In other parishes they will be established in 2016.
Experience shows that the best place for sorting waste is in closed-type container areas. For example, if a container that is intended for paper, a non-conscious resident leaves unsorted waste, all efforts may be wasted and the waste may be regarded as unsorted. Therefore, the sorting of waste is a matter of integrity and responsibility for each person.
While the collected collection points of municipal waste in the municipality of Rezekne (the holding of closed-type sorting containers for paper, plastic and glass) are not yet established, starting with April of that year in all municipalities of the municipality, SIA “ALAAS” will ensure the mobile collection of municipal sorted waste (the time schedule of exits by parish is added to the annex, as well as information is available in each parish administration). The mobile collection of municipal sorted waste means that a specially equipped SIA “ALAA” machine will be travelled along parishes (each parish once a month) and the local population will bring together the municipal waste that has been sorted -- glass, paper and plastics. All sorted municipal waste WILL be accepted by SIA “ALAAS” free of charge.
What is the benefit of sorting municipal waste?
(1) When sorting waste, the costs of waste management may be reduced as the sorted waste is collected and exported for processing free of charge. So if you want to save a certain amount of money every month, Scroll the waste!
2) sorted waste shall become secondary raw materials from which new – same or other goods may be re-produced. For example, when the glass is recycled, it can be re-used as food and drink packaging. The glass never grows, it can be recycled indefinitely. When disposing of glass into a sorted waste container, it enters the factory where it is washed, crushed and rendered to obtain a second life. When the glass is recycled, the sand is saved and the surrounding environment is not covered.
In the process of recycling plastic and PET waste, shelves, films, window frames, carpets, drainage pipes, flower pots, clothing, blankets, cobbles, and many other things that are useful to us are produced.
3) save a place in landfill sites - in order to store only waste which is really no longer possible to be recycled.
4) make the environment and the environment more beautiful, without any bottles of polyethylene jammed on the roadside or in bushes.
Currently, an area is established in the municipality of Rezekne for the acceptance of sorted waste which is located in the territory of the municipal landfill site “Križeviks” (Ozolaine parish). For the acceptance of sorted waste, there are publicly available specially labelled metallic 1.1 m3 containers intended for the collection of sorted waste. These waste are accepted free of charge.
Information on waste management (including sorting) is available on THE SIA “ALAAS” website: www.alaas.lv (SIA “ALAAS” ceo Jurijs Petkevics – tel. No 29132365).
In case of uncertainty, you can call Rezekne Municipal Environment Protection Senior Specialist Theresija Krustei, tel. 6 46 07185, 29162083.
SIA “ALAAS” 100 % shares are owned by municipalities. The members of the company are the municipality of Rezekne, Rezekne, Vilnius, Karsava, Ciblas, Zilupes and Ludza District. The business direction of the undertaking is the collection, sorting, storage, handling, transhipment, transport, disposal of waste, thereby reducing the amount of waste to be disposed of, as well as other functions suitable for the public and the environment.