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Tallinn City Council adopted new waste management regulations at its Thursday session, one of the aims of which is to switch to reusable cutlery at public events in Tallinn.

From 1 June, all properties, irrespective of their purpose or the number of apartments, will have to start collecting their bio-waste separately. From tomorrow, 15 March, in addition to single-family houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses and houses with up to two apartments and houses with 3 to 9 apartments can also apply for free bio-waste collection containers.

The Institute for Quality of Life, located in London, awarded Tallinn with a bronze award, placing Tallinn at 130th place in the 200 Happiest Cities ranking.

Today, the representatives of state and municipal authorities will meet with electric scooter rental companies to discuss road safety for the upcoming season. The meeting focuses on lowering speed limits and organising convenient and safe parking for personal light electric vehicles.

Tallinn City Government sent a draft of a regulation to the City Council’s hearing today that would clarify the calculation process of the income-based benefit and which income sources are included.

This Saturday, 12 November, all children and young people up to the age of 19 will be admitted free of charge to Tallinn Zoo - from now until April, there will be free visits for children on the second Saturday of every month.

Tallinn's 2023 budget includes bridge funding through Tallinn Industrial Parks to start construction of the Tallinn Film Wonderland. In the area of entrepreneurship, attention will also be paid to promoting Tallinn as an attractive tourist destination, supporting small businesses and green innovation. Operational expenditure is planned to be €2.6 million.

According to the draft, by January 1, 2023, the number of civil servants in the city authorities will increase by 4.5% compared to January 1 of this year - the largest increase in the number of civil servants is in the social sector.

Of the total operating expenditure in Tallinn's 2023 budget, social welfare and health will account for 10.9 percent, or €97.7 million. The main objective is to ensure the availability of needs-based social welfare services, the well-being of families with children, the elderly and people with special needs, and to assist citizens in difficulty. More consideration will be brought to mental health care.

In order to introduce the history of Pirita Monastery, twenty information boards in Estonian and English were installed in the ruins this year.