Latvia commits to a review of existing tax policies with the aim to provide fiscal incentives to improve waste management, reduce landfilling, enhance efficient use of resources and transition from natural resources to secondary materials.
E-waste is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in an environmentally sound manner, and there is a general lack of legislation or enforcement surrounding it. Today, most e-waste is being discarded in the general waste stream.