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Starting from 1 August, Tallinn residents can for the first time dispose of biodegradable garden waste — such as leaves and flowers — in large quantities free of charge at the Liiva transfer station, located at Kalmistu tee 34. The garden waste will be loaded onto trucks and taken to a treatment facility for composting, while branches will be shredded and used for fuel. This free drop-off option offers added convenience for residents who lack composting options at home or have waste volumes too large for home composting.

The Tallinn Municipal Property Board this week launched a public procurement for the purchase of ten portable generators to ensure the continuity of Tallinn's buildings in the event of a permanent power outage. The deadline for submission of tenders is 20 January at 10am.

Starting this week, the routes of all existing Tallinn night bus routes (Mustamäe, Väike-Õismäe, Pelguranna and Priisle) will change slightly, and two new routes (Vana-Pääsküla and Viimsi) will be added.

An extraordinary meeting of the Kristiine district council was held yesterday, where the deputy mayor of Tallinn, Aleksei Jašin, introduced the candidacy of Kristiine's new district mayor, Renata Lukk, to members of the district council.

The Ministry of Social Affairs, the Health Insurance Fund, the pharmaceutical companies MSD, AstraZeneca and Roche and the Connected Health Cluster, led by Tehnopol, signed a consortium agreement to improve lung cancer patient pathway in cooperation and thus contribute jointly to the implementation of the national cancer control plan.

Alexela, Eesti Energia, the Port of Tallinn, the University of Tartu and the Estonian Hydrogen Association have today signed an agreement to establish Hydrogen Valley Estonia to accelerate the vigorous and versatile development of the hydrogen industry and to officially establish the world’s first nationwide Hydrogen Valley.

In Estonia, you will meet robots operating everywhere, and people love them and help if needed. Estonia has chosen a route of robotics and is rolling right on it.

During the year of the European Green Capital, Tallinn invites both domestic and foreign companies to come and test their sustainable products and services suitable for a smart city. Estonian businesses have had the opportunity to test their products in Tallinn as part of the Tallinnovation programme; however, this new programme is also offering the opportunity to conduct innovation projects in an urban environment for foreign businesses. At the beginning of June in Merivälja, innovation firm 10Lines tested car park marking with the help of a robot.