Penalties Rise for Dumping Construction, Healthcare Waste

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze this week announced that penalties for dumping construction and healthcare waste have increased.

“In case of hazardous medical waste, a natural person will be fined GEL 5,000 instead of GEL 500, while a legal entity will be fined GEL 10,000 instead of GEL 1,000. As for construction or other inert waste, a natural person will be fined GEL 5,000 for dumping, instead of GEL 200, while a legal entity will be fined GEL 15,000 instead of GEL 1,500. We will do our best to change the existing reality,” Kaladze said.

The Mayor further noted that the amendments to the Waste Management Code have already been supported by the Georgian Parliament.