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According to the new waste management plan, Tallinn will expand separate collection of biowaste and textile waste, and turn waste collection stations into circular economy centres.

Tallinn started its spring cleaning this week, with the work lasting at least a month depending on weather conditions. The first areas to be cleared are the main streets, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, pavements and public transport waiting areas, where debris and dirt accumulated over the winter will be removed. Spring cleaning will end with a major street wash.

Tallinn Environment and Public Department cautions road users of rain, sleet and snowfall in the coming week, which will again lead to difficult road conditions.

All four waste stations in Tallinn are open every day from the beginning of April to provide smoother service. The stations switch to summer operation on 1 April, which also means longer opening hours.

All branches of Tallinn City Museum and the museums of Tallinn Literary Centre will once again open their doors for free museum visits this Sunday, 3 April. From this week, the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds Visitor Centre can also be visited free of charge on Tallinn Museum Sundays.

From 28 March, the refugee centre at Niine 2 in Tallinn will be closed at weekends and will be operating on weekdays from 8-17.

Organised for the first time, the free bulky waste collection week resulted in ten times as much bulky waste collected at Tallinn's waste collection stations than during the usual week in March. A total of 1 472 cubic metres of bulky waste was collected at the stations during the week, up from 125 cubic metres a week earlier.

Today, Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart and Reykjavik Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson met in Tallinn to discuss possibilities for jointly alleviating the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, as well as ways to help Ukraine and the people fleeing from the war.

As of 4 pm yesterday, 10,026 Ukrainian war refugees, 42% of whom are minors, have been registered at the Tallinn reception centre opened on 2 March at Niine Street.

Tallinn has set up a website to bring together information on various free cultural and leisure activities for war refugees from Ukraine.