{"id":138910,"date":"2025-05-20T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-tells-officials-to-boost-recycling","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138910\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka tells officials to boost recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has criticized officials for ineffective waste management in Belarus at a government meeting in Minsk today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t have oil and gas \u2013 primary fossils, as you call them,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying. \u201cBut renewables and recyclables are literally \u2018gold\u2019 under our feet, which we hardly utilize. . .&nbsp; I often cite the example of Switzerland. [They] recycle almost everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler complained about imports of waste paper, glass and plastics, noting that these recyclables cost \u201cmillions of dollars.\u201d However, he admitted that currently, Belarus lacks a transparent waste management system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMillions of tons of valuable raw materials are buried in the industry, but few people address this problem properly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus generates more than 50 million tons of industrial waste and about 4 million tons of solid municipal waste per year, Environment Minister Siarhiej Ma\u015blak said earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that 38.4 percent of municipal waste is recycled, including over 90 percent of plastics, worn-out tires, paper and glass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has criticized officials for ineffective waste management in Belarus at a government meeting in Minsk today. \u201cWe don&#8217;t have oil and gas \u2013 primary fossils, as you call them,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying. \u201cBut renewables and recyclables are literally \u2018gold\u2019 under our feet, which we hardly utilize. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":89220,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-138910","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka tells officials to boost recycling | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 20, Pozirk. 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