Tbilservice Group, the company managing Tbilisi’s Lilo landfill, has been fined for environmental violations identified during an unscheduled comprehensive inspection in 2025. According to Deputy Environment Minister Zurab Ezugbaia, inspectors found breaches of environmental permit conditions and applicable legislation, although the specific violations were not disclosed.
On February 5, 2026, Rustavi City Court ruled the company liable and imposed a monetary fine after a previous decision to issue only a verbal warning was overturned on appeal. The fine amount has not been disclosed. Authorities say work is ongoing to address the violations.
Environmental concerns at the landfill remain significant. Active cells are nearly full, methane collection and disposal are not currently operational, and the company estimates that around 12,000 tonnes of methane are generated annually. The site also accumulates approximately 54,000 cubic meters of leachate each year, with around 15,000 cubic meters stored in reservoirs as of October 1, 2026.
The landfill received 560,151 tonnes of waste in 2025, up from 540,619 tonnes in 2024. A leachate treatment system is under construction and is expected to become fully operational in September 2027. A separate project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, envisages installing a gas collection system and covering the landfill’s first three cells. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has also commissioned a study into relocating the landfill, but no final decision has been made, and a technical closure plan has yet to be developed.
