Lithuania commits to invest in its waste collection infrastructure in order to improve its National Waste Management System. This will lead to better development of municipal waste collection and treatment systems. The Lithuanian government also commits to provide financial incentives for scaling-up and modernizing local facilities that prepare waste for recycling, reuse and other recovery. In addition, Lithuania will ban food waste disposal to landfills and a establish a programme for the collection of food waste in residential areas and for catering services. The commitment aims to improve resource efficiency in waste management.
The commitment falls under focus areas 4 and 5 of the Batumi Intiative to shift consumer behaviours towards sustainable consumption patterns; develop clean physical capical for sustainable production patterns.
Implementning partners include municipalities.
The commitment is relevant to SDG targets 12.3 and 12.5.