For Ukraine, as well as for many other
countries, the issue of solid waste treatment is very urgent, considering that
accumulated solid waste is the main cause of soil and groundwater pollution.
According to the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction (hereinafter
- “MRDC”) in Ukraine in 2011 about 12 m tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) were
produced, and the annual amount is growing by an average of 3-5% per year.
Also, according to MRDC, waste accumulated by this point of time contains about
2.5 m tons of paper, 400 thsd tons of steel, 25 thsd tons of ferrous metals,
and 400 thsd t of plastic. In 2011, the UNDP estimated the value of raw
material potential in case of introduction of separate waste collection and
waste recycling would amount to c. UAH 1.3 bn (about EUR 120 m).
Ukrainian government recognizes importance
and urgency of the problem of solid waste treatment in Ukraine and is currently
implementing a number of initiatives at the national level - National project “Clean City” (under the
patronage of the President of Ukraine) - construction of waste processing
plants in 10 regions of Ukraine on terms of public-private partnership.
Solid
domestic waste production
According to MRDC, c. 50 m cubic meters of
waste are produced annually in Ukraine, or about 11-12 m tons of waste, an
average of 240 kg per capita (in large cities this figure may be as high as
400-450 kg/ person). The forecasted growth of MSW production is 3-5% per annum.
Also, the Ministry estimates that currently there have been accumulated
approximately 2.5 m tons of paper and cardboard, 400 thsd tons of ferrous and
25 thsd tons of non-ferrous metals, and 400 thsd tons of plastic in the form of
waste.
According to the analytical study carrid out
in 2011 under the UNDP project “Municipal Governance and Sustainable
Development”, calculations based on market prices for secondary raw materials in
Ukraine resulted in the following estimations of economic effect from operation
of waste processing complexes, which incorporate waste sorting stations and
incinerators for solid waste: paper and cardboard – UAH 180 m, metals – UAH 225
m, glass – UAH 40 m, polymers – UAH 740 m, textile – UAH 80 m, and heat or
electricity generated for the surrounding neighborhoods and waste processing purposes
– UAH 35 m. The total effect could amount to UAH 1.3 bn (EUR 120 m).
In 2011 only 7% of household waste was
recycled and disposed of (3% - separately collected and recycled, 4% - burned
in two incineration plants – in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk).
In 9 Ukrainian cities: Kyiv, Sevastopil,
Kharkiv, Chernivtsi, Simferopol, Olexandria (Kirovohradska obl.), Novohrad-Volynskyy,
Bucha and Pohreby (Kyivska obl.) there are waste sorting lines in operation,
and in 19 more towns such facilities are under construction. In two cities
(Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk) waste is partially being utilized at incineration
plants, and in Lyubotin (Kharkivska obl.) a pilot incineration plant has been
recently put into operation.
Waste treatment plants in Ukraine
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