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The Act on Amending the Waste Act and Amending Other Acts Related to It

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

Introduced

19 May 2025

Last action

9 December 2025 · Accepted

Status

AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

Sponsors

Hanah Lahe, Vabariigi Valitsus

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

9 December 2025

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Summary

The draft is intended to amend the Waste Act (JäätS), the General Part of the Environmental Code Act (KeÜS), the District Heating Act (KKÜS), the Environmental Charges Act (KeTS), the Local Government Organization Act (KOKS) and the Packaging Act (PakS). The purpose of the changes is to promote environmentally sound economic growth. To benefit the recycling industry, waste landfilling and incineration will be reduced, waste sorting will be increased and waste will be improved competitive conditions in waste transport. The sub-goal is to create role clarity in the field. For this purpose, the activities of recycling organizations will be enhanced and the restrictions of the local government on the organization of waste management will be reduced. The changes create the prerequisites for the timely achievement of the recycling target levels established in the European Union. The main goal of the changes made in the draft is the greater use of secondary raw materials contained in household waste. The bill will increase the responsibility and possibilities of local government units in organizing waste management, improve the recycling of packaging and packaging waste through their more extensive collection, establish payment systems that motivate recycling, and increase the transparency and timeliness of waste data. The changes are necessary to channel household waste into a circular economy. This requires structural changes (the so-called waste reform), which would ensure the adequate collection and recycling of household waste by type and the achievement of the target figures for the recycling of household waste and packaging waste. The gradual increase in the amount of separately collected and recycled waste enables the development of the recycling industry in Estonia, as ensuring high-quality waste flows and stable generation (ie stable separate collection) is an important prerequisite for making investments and developing the recycling industry.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

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  1. 19 May 2025

    AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

    Source: SE

  2. 9 December 2025

    Accepted

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