Implementation of underground containers in Vilnius city center beach to decrease the waste pollution of the river Neris

1. Name and title of the person who formulated the commitment

Jurgita Petrauskiene, General Manager

2. Name of the committing organization

VSA Vilnius

Please indicate also the type of the organisation

a corporation

3. Home country of the committing organisation

Lithuania

Organization homepage (like www.bsas.fi)

www.vsa.lt

4. Contact person – content of the commitment – name

Jurgita Petrauskiene

Contact person – content of the commitment – email address (in standard format like name@organization.com)

jurgita.petrauskieneREMOVETHISCAPITALTEXT[at]vsa.lt

Contact person – content of the commitment – phone number

37061127552

5. Contact person – for communication – name

Jurate Antanaityte - Voldemariene

Contact person – for communication – email address (in standard format like name@organization.com)

Jurate.VoldemarieneREMOVETHISCAPITALTEXT[at]praction.lt

Contact person – for communication – phone number

37068780840

6. Contact person – for communication – postal address

Lentvario g. 15, LT-02300 Lithuania

9. Commitment title and designation/acronym etc (that you wish to use)

Implementation of underground containers in Vilnius city center beach to decrease the waste pollution of the river Neris

10. Nature of commitment

Professional service

11. Description of commitment and the implementation strategy

The commitment consists of implementation of semi underground containers in the Vilnius city center beach nearby the river Neris, the Baltic Sea's pollution reduction as a result, awareness raising campaign in partnership with Vilnius' municipality with the message "Let's make order", possible social activities expansion to the Baltic Sea beaches of Klaipėda and Palanga.

12. Focus area (see HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan)

Innovative Solutions

13. Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea (temporary, permanent, etc.)

permanent

14. What is needed for the commitment to be successful? (one-time action, continuous support or/and financing, support for a certain time period)

continuous support or/and financing

15. Geographic scope of the commitment (Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Proper, the Belt Sea and the Kattegat, the whole Baltic Sea, etc.)

to whole Baltic Sea

16. Partnership opportunities and contact information for this purpose

Jurgita Petrauskienė
Lentvario g. 15, LT-02300 Vilnius
Phone number: +37061127552
Jurgita.petrauskieneREMOVETHISCAPITALTEXT[at]vsa.lt

17. Is your commitment/contribution a highly significant, significant, medium or minor effort to your organisation?

Medium effort

18. Starting date

2010 April 1^st

20. Expected commitment duration

24 months

19. First / next milestone - title

preparation of installation of semi underground containers in the main beach of the Neris in Vilnius

First / next milestone - date

2010 May 15^th

First / next milestone - description

Agreement with Vilnius' municipality on awareness raising campaign.

Special marks to be put on the containers to inform Vilnius' inhabitants about the negative impact or waste damage if the trash is not placed to the containers.

Special outdoors to inform people about the necessity to sort the waste in order to actualize waste separation and recycling ideas, possibly provide special containers adapted for sorting.

Involve Lithuanian ecology opinion leaders to the action, launch "Let's make order" message to be spread Vilnius-wide.

Launch internet social networking group on the action, establish partnership with the local media.

Find motivated social partners in Klaipėda and Palanga to expand the promotion of sorting to these towns.

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