In the village of Rybnoye near Ivano-Frankivsk, the first biogas plant in Western Ukraine was opened in a landfill. It will allow the processing and utilization of environmentally hazardous biogas, which is released during the decay of organic waste. Tells “Vgolos”.

“The biogas plant will help to solve not only the problem of the elimination of garbage, energy production, but also to protect the landfill from spontaneous combustion,” said the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Marcinkiv.

For the construction of the city budget did not spend a hryvnia. Installed the installation of the company that won the open investment competition. According to the terms of cooperation, for Ivano-Frankivsk 23% of the generated electricity is provided.

“It is important to educate the people of our city how to handle garbage properly.” Biogas plant is one of the important steps, but there will be no success until people realize the importance of waste sorting. “So that our children from school know that the paper must be brought to the right not only to the urn This is why I proposed to develop a waste management program in Ivano-Frankivsk for 5 years, “said Marcinkiv.

The landfill is located 15 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. Its area is almost 13 hectares. Every day 200 tons of waste are brought here.

In late summer, construction of a garbage processing line will start here. This project is implemented by the city authorities in conjunction with the regional one, as waste to Rybnoye is taken not only from Ivano-Frankivsk, but also from other cities of the Carpathian region.

The Kyiv city government began to design the first garbage processing plant, which it plans to build in three years