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The third episode of ‘Tallinn Talks’ can be listened to at https://soundcloud.com/.../tallinn-talks-episode-3... . As usual, the podcast shares the...

People’s awareness on environmental issues expands with every year and with it an interest in sorting household waste. Thus, it is important to reiterate the principles for sorting waste in order to keep our environment clean and to promote waste recycling and reusing.

On Tallinn Day, May 15, the traditional washing of the city streets will take place, which also marks the finish of this year’s Urban Maintenance Month. The street sweepers will start moving from Pirita road towards the city centre at 8 am.

The speed limits will be lowered on Tallinn's streets to ensure safer traffic. The maximum speed allowed will be 30 km/h on a number of inner district roads and 40 km/h on some of the larger streets in the city centre.

From Friday, 15 July until 14 September, passengers may travel free of charge in Mustamäe by self-driving shuttle on the inner district roads between Mustamäe tee, Tammsaare tee and Ehitajate tee.

Consumers have two contracts for the supply of electricity - one with an electricity retailer to buy electricity and one with a network operator to use network services. In an apartment building, residents can either buy electricity under an individual contract, by choosing their own electricity supplier and package, or through the housing association. If the electricity is bought by a housing association, the electricity supplier and package are chosen by a majority vote in the general meeting of the apartment owners.

The proposed health trail in the Sütiste forest park on the border of Nõmme and Mustamäe will not be built. Further development of the Sütiste forest will be decided by the property's manager, the Estonian Environmental Board.

Today, the City of Tallinn signed a design and construction contract with Merko Ehitus Eesti AS and KMG Inseneriehituse AS for the construction of a tram line connecting Tallinn Old City Harbour and the future Ülemiste Terminal. The cost of the contract is €36.5 million plus VAT, and the construction works are due in February 2025.

In eight new locations around the Old Town new plastic-metal, beverage carton, cardboard-paper packaging and glass packaging containers were set, primarily to promote separate collection of waste.