A SHORT WASTE SORTING GUIDE

Container For Glass

Coloured and clear glass containers (bottles); Food bottles made of coloured and clear glass; Glass jars.

Container For Packaging

PLASTIC PACKAGING: Plastic food packaging; Plastic bottles for beverages and other liquids; Plastic bags; Packaging of cosmetics; and hygiene products.

COMPOSITE PACKAGING: Tetra Pak cartons; Chip bags, coffee packs, shiny candy wrappers; Disposable coffee cups.

METAL PACKAGING: Food cans; Metal caps from glass jars and bottles.

OTHER PACKAGING: Wooden packages; Cloth bags used for packaging of products.

Container For Paper

Food packaging made of paper and cardboard; Cartons; Newspapers, magazines, books; White and coloured paper waste; Packaging paper.

Iii The Economic Pillar

The Economic Pillar is the responsibility of a business or a country to use its resources efficiently while ensuring economic activity (production of goods and services) and constant profitability.

Even though packaging waste landfilling and waste use for energy generation is the least preferable option, it is also the cheapest waste management method; this is why it remains popular in economically weaker countries.

Romote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Use Of Waste For Energy Generation

Incineration. Non-recyclable waste is used for energy generation and waste that is unsuitable for incineration and other purposes goes to landfills.

Landfilling of waste

Landfilling is the oldest and the least preferable type of waste management because of its many potential negative effects. The most serious of them is the production and emission of methane (a greenhouse gas that is 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide). Methane can build up in landfills and even cause explosions. In addition to methane, the landfilling of biodegradable waste can lead to the release of chemicals such as heavy metals into the environment due to leachate. This liquid can contaminate local ground water, surface water and soil, and endanger public health and the environment.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES FOR THE CRITERIA FOR PACKAGING REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(21) OF THE LAW ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

1. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES FOR THE CRITERION SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2(21)(1):

1.1. PACKAGING:

1.1.1. sweet boxes;

1.1.2. film overwrap around a CD case;

1.1.3. mailing pouches for catalogues and magazines (with a magazine inside);

1.1.4. cake doilies sold with a cake;

1.1.5. rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material (e.g. plastic film, aluminium, paper) is wound, except rolls, tubes and cylinders intended as parts of production machinery and not used to present a product as a sales unit;

1.1.6. flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant;

1.1.7. glass bottles for injection solutions;

1.1.8. CD spindles (sold with CDs, not intended to be used as storage);

1.1.9. clothes hangers (sold with clothing items);

1.1.10. matchboxes;

1.1.11. sterile barrier systems (pouches, trays and materials necessary to preserve the sterility of the product);

1.1.12. beverage system capsules (e.g. coffee, cacao, milk) which are left empty after use;

1.1.13 refillable steel cylinders used for various kinds of gas, excluding fire extinguishers;

1.2. NON-PACKAGING:

1.2.1. bowls pots intended to stay with the plant throughout its life;

1.2. tool boxes;

1.2.3. tea bags;

1.2.4. wax layers around cheese;

1.2.5. sausage skins;

1.2.6. clothes hangers (sold separately);

1.2.7. beverage system coffee capsules, coffee foil pouches and coffee filters disposed together with the used coffee product;

1.2.8. cartridges for printers;

1.2.9. CD, DVD and video cases (sold together with a CD, DVD or video inside);

1.2.10. CD spindles (sold empty, intended to be used as storage);

1.2.11. soluble bags for detergents;

1.2.12. grave side lights (containers for candles);

1.2.13. mechanical quern (integrated in a refillable recipient, e.g. refillable pepper mill).

2. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES FOR THE CRITERION SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2(21)(2):

2.1. PACKAGING, IF DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO BE FILLED AT THE POINT OF SALE:

2.1.1. paper or plastic carrier bags;

2.1.2. disposable plates and cups;

2.1.3. cling film;

2.1.4. sandwich bags;

2.1.5. aluminium foil;

2.1.6. plastic foil for cleaned clothes in laundries;

2.2. NON-PACKAGING:

2.2.1. mixing piece;

2.2.2. disposable cutlery;

2.2.3. wrapping paper (sold separately);

2.2.4. paper baking cases (sold empty);

2.2.5. cake doilies sold without a cake;

3. Illustrative examples for the criterion set out in Article 2(21)(3):

3.1. PACKAGING:

3.1. 1. labels hung on or attached to a product;

3.2. PACKAGING PART:

3.2.1. mascara brush which forms part of the container closure;

3.2.2. sticky labels attached to another packaging item;

3.2.3. staples;

3.2.4. plastic sleeves;

3.2.5. dispenser in the lid of the detergent packaging;

3.2.6. mechanical quern (integrated in a non-refillable recipient, filled with a product, e.g. pepper mill filled with pepper);

3.3. NON-PACKAGING:

3.3.1. radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

THE LAW WAS COMPLEMENTED WITH A NEW ANNEX I: no. XII-545, 2013-10-08, Žin., 2013, no. 110-5429 (2013-10-19)

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