June 7 in Ukraine, the specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources presented the final version of the National Waste Management Strategy. This is a document that will determine the policy of the state in the processing of garbage and household waste.
This was reported in the social network by the head of the department Ostap Semerak.
According to this information, three ministries and international organizations worked on the project. Developed it for six months.
The main task: to create such conditions that in Ukraine to reduce the production of waste and reduce the number of landfills. And also learn how to recycle garbage into secondary raw materials. At the same time, the population must switch to sorting waste.
The program is designed until 2030. And in the near future it will be submitted for approval to the government.
“As of today, 95% of solid household waste is exported to landfills in Ukraine. We set the task of minimizing this figure. The next step is the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers and the development of new legislation, “said Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Ostap Semerak.
Recall, on June 6, 2017 in the Irshava district of the Transcarpathian region, on the field road between the village of Derevushka and the village of Vilhivka, local residents stopped a wagon with license plates of the Lviv region, filled to the top with garbage.
Previously, unauthorized removal of domestic garbage from Lviv recorded in other regions.