Environmental protection
A vehicle contains the following components: fuel, air, and oil filters; shock absorbers; oils; coolants; brake fluid; lead-acid batteries; brake pads; electronic equipment; and more. All resulting parts, materials, and hazardous or non-hazardous waste must be sorted, reused, or recycled accordingly to contribute to waste prevention. These items must not be disposed of with household waste.
Currently, a major challenge for manufacturers is limiting the use of harmful substances in vehicle production. It is important to ensure that materials used in manufacturing do not pose risks to the environment or human health. This applies not only during the production and use phases of the vehicle but also during its end-of-life processing. Vehicle manufacturers aim to increase the use of recycled materials, secondary raw materials, and bioplastics in production.
Lead-acid batteries must be collected and recycled in a way that allows all of their materials to be reused. They should not be left to degrade on their own. Lead-acid batteries are considered hazardous waste, as they contain numerous dangerous chemicals. Improper handling of old batteries can release harmful substances into the environment—either through natural degradation or damage to the battery casing. These hazardous substances can contaminate groundwater, poison soil and plants, and pose serious risks to human health. Exposure to environments polluted with heavy metals and other toxic substances is linked to skin infections, cancer, respiratory illnesses, and disorders of the circulatory, immune, and nervous systems.
Waste batteries must be collected separately. Used batteries and accumulators must be placed in special containers, barrels, boxes, or other designated collection units. The disposal of hazardous waste along with unsorted municipal waste is strictly prohibited and regulated by law.
In the battery waste collection, processing, and recycling system, used batteries are collected, sorted, and recycled. Users can return spent batteries to a licensed waste manager or take them to specially designated collection points. Waste is collected from consumers free of charge and placed in clearly marked containers. Battery waste can also be delivered to municipal bulky waste sites or hazardous waste collection points.
Information about collection sites and recycling options is available from municipal environmental departments, battery retail outlets, the Ministry of the Environment's website, and other public information sources.
This symbol on batteries and accumulators indicates that they must be collected separately and not disposed of with unsorted municipal waste.
Correct sorting, collection, handling, and recycling of battery waste protect the environment and conserve natural resources. According to European Union regulations, lead-containing accumulators and batteries must be collected and recycled so that all materials generated during their breakdown—lead, plastic, sulfuric acid, and other chemicals—can be reused.
When handed over to waste managers, most of these materials return to the market and serve as raw materials for new products. The remaining waste that cannot be recycled is disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. By properly collecting and recycling old accumulators and batteries, we save raw materials and help preserve a clean environment for future generations.
Used lead batteries can also be delivered free of charge to our company at the following address: Pakalnės st. 5B, Domeikava, Kaunas district.
For more information:
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Improper waste management harms public health and the environment. Changing societal values encourage excessive consumption, resulting in a constant generation of large amounts of waste. Improper waste management pollutes the air, land, and water, causing irreversible damage to nature and human health. Therefore, waste management becomes one of the most important and meaningful human activities.
Unsorted and improperly handled packaging waste could turn our country into one large landfill within a few decades. It is essential to sort waste at the place where it is generated, then recycle or otherwise utilize it, thereby protecting the environment and conserving natural resources.
Examples:
Used Tires
Used tires can pollute the environment for a very long time as they take several hundred years to decompose. They pose significant risks to both the environment and human health. Tires discarded in ditches or on riverbanks not only spoil the landscape but can also cause fires. Being petroleum products, tires emit many harmful substances when burned, contributing to respiratory, heart, and circulatory diseases.
Rubber, the main component of tires, retains its properties even after the tire’s service life ends. Therefore, it is appropriate to recycle tires by separating rubber from other components (metal, textile) for use in new products. The resulting rubber granules can be used to manufacture asphalt, rubberized surfaces (such as playgrounds), parking bumpers, and other items.
Worn tires can also be used for energy generation. In Lithuania, AB "Akmenės cementas" burns tires in special furnaces equipped with filters that neutralize harmful emissions. The ash produced is used in cement production.
Disposing of used tires with municipal or non-municipal waste or burning them is prohibited.
Used tires can be returned free of charge at tire distribution points when exchanging old tires for new ones of the same type and quantity. Residents can also return up to four used tires per year free of charge at large municipal waste collection sites. Before bringing waste to a collection site, check what types of waste they accept, as some sites may not accept hazardous household waste. Collection sites operate during specified hours, and detailed information on locations, hours, and accepted waste is available from municipal representatives, municipal websites, and the Ministry of the Environment:
Used Car Fuel, Oil, and Air Filters
Used fuel, oil, and air filters are extremely hazardous to the environment. Improper handling threatens both the environment and human health.
These filters contain metal, oil, fuel residues, and filtering elements. Oil includes nearly a third of the elements from the periodic table, such as copper, zinc, and heavy metals. These substances are highly toxic and pollute soil and groundwater if filters are discarded improperly. Some people burn these wastes, which releases carcinogens and heavy metals into the air, causing respiratory illnesses. Mixing these wastes with municipal waste is prohibited.
The highest concentrations of harmful substances are released not from the metals themselves but during metal production. Metals can be recycled indefinitely without losing their properties, consuming much less energy than producing new metal from ore.
Residents can hand over accumulated waste to licensed waste managers. Our company cooperates with waste management firms registered to handle fuel, oil, and air filters as well as other hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
If you use vehicle maintenance or repair services, you can leave your waste filters at those companies. Filters can also be returned to large municipal waste collection sites. More information and site listings are available here: