In connection with the worsening of the situation on the disposal of solid household waste in Lviv on Monday, June 19, an extraordinary meeting of the city commission on the issues of TEB and ES will take place.

In Lviv today, more than 8.5 tons of waste have accumulated, which have nowhere to be exported, the press service of the Lviv City Council informs.

“Today there are more than 8.5 thousand tons of solid household waste in Lviv, which have nowhere to be taken out.” The situation is critical and threatens the health of the population and the life of the city of Lviv. “To recycle accumulated garbage, 850 units of specialized equipment are needed. This is all in conditions deliberately blocked for the city of Lviv solid waste landfills across Ukraine, “- said in a statement.

It is noted that due to the worsening of the situation on the disposal of solid household waste, an extraordinary meeting of the city commission for TEB and ES will take place on Monday, June 19. Recall, June 12, the mayor of Lviv, Andrei Sadovy said that the city commission asked the government to declare Lviv a zone of emergency environmental situation. As reported, April 21 mayors of 20 cities of the Lviv region, Lviv Regional State Administration, Lviv regional council and Lviv city council signed a memorandum, according to which the city agrees to take garbage from Lvov for 2 years. At the same time from the budget of the Lviv region and Lviv for this time for the needs of these cities is planned to allocate more than 200 million UAH.

In 2017, according to the memorandum, from the budget of the Lviv region should allocate 30 million UAH, and from the budget of Lviv – 70 million UAH. At the end of May last year, a fire and a landslide occurred in a landfill near Lviv, as a result, four people found themselves under rubble. In addition, it was necessary to strengthen the nearby dam, which gave a crack.

The bodies of the three dead were found during the search and rescue operations, the body of yet another person has not yet been found. In connection with the closure of the landfill, Lviv encountered problems with the removal of garbage. Later, a fire occurred again in the landfill, rescuers attracted aviation.

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