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Tallinn is focused on environmental sustainability, one of six Factors in the ICF Method defining success for cities and regions in the 21st Century.

Last week, the construction works were initiated in Tondiraba Park for creating a unique extreme sports area – a skatepark and a pumptrack. This will add environmentally friendly leisure and sports activities for citizens of all ages. The entire park will be completed by the end of this summer.

On May 3rd, the second season of the sea waste skimmer Seabin was opened at the quay of the Tallinn Old City Harbour. The environmental education activities of the Tallinn Seabin have been selected as the partnership events of the European Union's Green Week 2021 to highlight the threat of marine litter to the aquatic environment.

The permanent residents and companies of Aegna Island will have the opportunity to collect mixed waste separately and hand it over to door-to-door waste carriers once a month. The waste transport of the island will be organized by the Tallinn Waste Centre from 1 May.

Tallinn Social and Health Care Department suspended the international design procurement of Tallinn Hospital announced a week ago in order to exclude the risk of possible conflict of interest in the project team. A new procurement will be announced as soon as possible.

Starting today, April 1, the opening hours of Tallinn recycling stations will switch to summer schedule. Pääsküla, Rahumäe, Paljassaare and Pärnamäe...

ID.me, a secure digital identity network, announced it has raised 0 million in a Series C funding round led by Viking Global Investors. Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), PSP Growth, Lead Edge Capital, CapitalG, WndrCo, Willoughby Capital, BoxGroup, and Moonshots Capital joined the round.

Following through on its vision to ensure that sustainability, environmental friendliness and balanced development go hand in hand, the city has joined over sixty- six global destinations who benchmark with the GDS-Index.

Tallinn will lead the newly launched network of 19 European cities, which aims to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals at the local level.

On Monday, international procurement for the design of the largest hospital complex in Estonia - Tallinn Hospital - was announced with the deadline of 27 May 2021. The estimated cost of the procurement is 11 million euros.