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Sectors: Circular resource management

Lääne-Harju Municipality

Updated on 13.04.2023

Lääne-Harju is a rural municipal government located in Northern Estonia. Our municipality has a big challenge to, firstly, raise the awareness of the local residents about sustainable lifestyles and, secondly, to create a change in the habits of residents as to lessen the impact on the environment. Our decisions should be more cognisant as to achieve these goals.

Countries: Estonia
Population: 13.145
Resource use, flows and materials: To be confirmed

More information

In 2022 we established the Lääne-Harju strategy centre to implement strategic goals, one of which is the Green Municipality initiative. We work on specific projects to achieve our goals, for example, food waste prevention, smart city solutions, the circular economy (CE), and energy efficiency issues. We have Green Municipality meetings weekly that involve all departments (including the strategy centre, management, administration, social and education departments) so that we can approach the issues from every angle.

Leading organisation

Municipality of Lääne-Harju

Unit/department/section

Municipal administration

Link to existing circular economy action plan

The Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) is still under development. However, the CEAP goals have already been defined:

  • prevent and reduce waste;
  • promote the separate collection, sorting, recovery, and recycling of waste.

Objectives

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Other activities

Different initiatives were completed:

  • An inspiration seminar, that took place at the beginning of 2019, to test the idea of becoming a Green Municipality among the local people.
  • The Green Tiger pilot programme, an Estonian collaboration initiative that took place in 2020, to boost sustainable thinking in society.


All activities have helped to raise awareness in the residents of the rural municipality about how to be as environmentally friendly as possible in their actions and personal choices.

Link to Circular Systemic Solution

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Circular economy good practices

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Key publications, policies, legislations and initiatives

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Support from CSO

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Target territory