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Efficient and Cleaner Production in Georgia
More than 70
participants gathered at the National Conference on Resource
Efficient and
Cleaner Production (RECP) in Georgia on 27April, 2017 and
agreed on the
progress in promoting resource efficient and environmentally
friendly
production practices in Georgian small and medium-sized industrial
enterprises, which is implemented as part of the EU-funded project Greening
Economies in the European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP GREEN), has
been impressive.
The review of feasible and low-cost RECP
measures identified in 50 small and
medium sized enterprises who showed
savings of over 1 million EUR per year.
The RECP demonstration activities
also demonstrated important environmental
effects that included the annual
reductions of energy consumption by 25 000
MWh, water consumption by 136 000
m3, materials consumption by 2 000 tonnes,
air emissions by 1 000 tonnes of
CO2eq, reduction of waste waters by 5 680
m3, and solid waste by 7
tonnes.
The Minister of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources, Mr. Gigla
Agulashvili, said: “The EU funded EaP GREEN project
showed concrete results
in enhancing the competitiveness of Georgian
enterprises, and its
contribution to improve cooperation between the
government and private
sector in identifying joint solutions to reduce the
negative impact of
production on the environment”.
The Deputy
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ms. Irma
Kavtaradze
confirmed that capacity built through the project significantly
contributed
to awareness about the importance of implementing green economy
principles
in Georgia, which are high in the government’s agenda.
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