Establishment of waste management rules incl. adoption and updating the waste management plan is stipulated under The Local Government Organization Act and is the responsibility of the local government. Most of local government waste management plans also stipulate prohibition of open burning of MSW. The Estonian Waste Act includes following measures to limit and reduce GHG emissions: 2) Increasing reusing and recycling of waste materials to meet the requirements of the directive 2009/98/EC, the Waste Act stipulates that by 1 January 2020, reuse and the recycling of waste materials such as paper, metal, plastic and glass from households and possibly from other origins as far as these waste streams are similar to waste from households, shall be increased at least to the extent of 50% of the total weight of such waste per calendar year. The same target is also included in the NWMP. The level of reusing and recycling of waste materials was 27% in 2011, which increased to 35% by 2014.