02/02/2022 – The representatives of villages near the construction site of a new, Regional non-hazardous Waste Landfill (for Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions) visited a new, non-hazardous waste landfill, constructed by international standards (EU standards) in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. The visit was organized by the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia

31.1.2022 Financing: (KfW) Procurement No. 500775 BMZ no: 2015 68 260 The tender for the purchase of municipal waste collection equipment within the framework of Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme II Kakheti and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti regions has been cancelled. Pursuant to Section 2.5.15 (2) of KfW Procurement Guidelines (January 2019 version, updated January 2021), all

9/12/2021 - on December 8-9, in Tskaltubo Municipality, the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia (SWMCG) under the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, within the framework of the project “Integrated Solid Waste Management – Kutaisi”, held the two-day workshops with the project stakeholders and the representatives of the villages near the construction

27/12/2021 - LTD “Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia”, within the framework of Integrated Solid Waste Management program II, introduced the Report on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Findings to NGO’s and the part of the population living near the construction site of a new regional non-hazardous Waste Landfill for Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (brochure of Report brief

5/12/2021  -  on 5th December, the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia under the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia  handed over special machinery equipment and waste collection containers to Lanchkhuti and Ozurgeti municipalities. The Special machinery equipment and containers have been purchased by the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia (SWMCG) within

LTD “Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia” within the framework of “Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme II – Kakheti and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Regions” is extending the bid submission deadline till 20th of December, for Procurement of Waste Collection (trucks, containers), Street Sweeping Equipment and equipment for Pilot Recycling projects for Kakheti and Samegrelo – Zemo

On 23 August a meeting of the Siting Advisory Committee (SAC) for selecting the most preferred site location for the new regional non-hazardous waste landfill for Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi- Kvemo Svaneti regions was held. The Siting Advisory Committee was constituted by members of the Regional Working Group (please find more information here), local farmers, and

28/09/2021- With the financial support of the EU, the SWMCG started upgrading the hardware and software for registering the waste deliveries to the regional non-hazardous waste landfills, specifically, implementing new Management Information System (MIS). The new system will enable SWMCG to record each individual delivery of waste in a more efficient way. The software will

On July 29-30 the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia held public hearings in Baghdati and Tskaltubo municipalities within the framework of the “Integrated solid waste management -Kutaisi” project. It the includes construction of a new non-hazardous waste landfill for the Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti regions and a network of waste transfer stations. All existing

19/07/2021 - Within the framework of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project (ISWM), “Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia ” is launching an “Inform-Invite-Engage” approach in the Kakheti region, with the main objective to actively engage the society in a new, EU standard, regional, non-hazardous waste landfill site-selection process. Within this very approach, a first

16/07/2021 - The National Waste Management Strategy of Georgia envisages gradual closure of all existing landfills and their replacement with new regional non-hazardous waste disposal facilities. According to the mentioned strategy, a new regional facility and a network of waste transfer stations will be built for Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti regions. The modern waste management

21/12/2020 - A public hearing was held on the Scoping Report of the new, regional non-hazardous waste landfill construction within the project of the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia - “Kvemo Kartli Solid Waste Management”. Due to the current epidemiological situation, the public hearing on the Scoping Report was held online. Any member of