The role of the state in the transition to a circular economy is to create favorable conditions for the implementation of circular economy principles and to remove obstructive barriers.
The publication of open data on the Environmental Portal is a step towards ensuring high-quality and up-to-date data for all environmental stakeholders, researchers, officials, public sector institutions, companies, startups, educational institutions, data scientists, and others.
The goal of river basin management plans is to achieve at least good status for surface and groundwater, to ensure the sustainable use of water, and to guarantee high-quality drinking water.
Companies and organisations have several ways to receive financial support for activities promoting the circular economy.
Every year, ambient air experts prepare annual reviews of pollutant emissions and their trends from local and diffuse emission sources in the country. This page provides an overview of air pollutant emissions in Estonia.
A local municipality may have a separate agreement with the waste collector allowing dead slugs to be placed in the biowaste container. In such cases, however, it must be ensured that no live invasive slugs end up in the biowaste container, as they could escape back into the wild.