Environment

No more free plastic bags after 2019

The government has decided that from 2019 vendors will no longer be allowed to give customers plastic bags for free.

Lithuania still needs progress in waste management

Although Lithuania has made significant progress in waste management over the last years, it is still behind many other EU countries.

Lithuanian politicians will ‘do whatever they can get away with’ – political scientist

Many Lithuanian politicians have no moral standards at all and will do whatever they think they can get away with, with many operating in a Brezhnev way of...

40% of public procurement purchases to be 'green' this year

Lithuania wants to increase the share of "green" contracts in the government's public procurement deals.

How is Lithuania dealing with waste compared to other EU countries?

Lithuania has just introduced a deposit system for disposal drink containers as it finds itself with much room to improve on waste management with around...