Before St. Lithuanians rushed to get rid of accumulated beverage packaging during Christmas and New Year, according to available statistics. According to the representatives of Užstato systemos administratorius, in terms of the activity of using taromats, December of last year was equal to the height of the summer season.
Gintaras Varnas, head of "Zhastasta sistemus administratorius", assures that after St. During Christmas and before the New Year, when the tables break from the abundance of drinks, people use taromats very actively.
"The changes in consumer behavior during the holidays are well illustrated by the data on the containers arriving at the taromats. An average of 1,7 million was returned before Christmas and before Christmas. beverage packages per day. Meanwhile, residents used the slowest taromats during the two days of Christmas. We recorded a similar trend in the same period in 2016," G. Varnas testified.
The December record was broken by the last one in 2017. weekend with 3,5 mln. beverage packaging. Such tare quantities are usually only returned on weekends during the height of the summer season - in July and August.
Mr. Varnas was pleased with the increasing involvement of residents in the taromat system, which celebrated its second year of existence in February. According to the manager of "Užstato systemos administrarius", the fact that Lithuanians increasingly understand the benefits of waste sorting is also confirmed by available statistics.
In total during 2017 more than 538 million was collected. units of disposable containers, which is 30 percent. more than in 2016 The largest part of it was made up of plastic bottles, followed by aluminum, glass and steel packaging. At present, 92 percent are returned in Lithuania. single-use beverage packages that have entered the market and are participating in the deposit system.
"These indicators show rapid positive changes in society's attitude towards the environment and its cleanliness, which can be seen with the naked eye. Empty beverage packages are less and less often left on roadsides, in forests or near lakes. In addition, we have no doubt that the deposit system has contributed to popularizing the sorting and disposal of other waste, including household and electronic waste, in special containers," asserted G. Varnas.
