The State Government Commission instructed to finish the measures for the removal of solid household waste from Lviv by July 5. The export schedule should be developed by June 23. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Commission Gennady Zubko on a page in Twitter.

“Based on the results of the operational headquarters of the state commission for fuel and emergency issues and emergency situations concerning Lviv and the state of fire safety of the country’s ecosystem: LODA, other local executive authorities, Lviv City Council urgently provide operational coordination of measures for removal of solid waste from Lviv,” Zubko said.

The commission commissioned to calculate the possibilities of the existing polygons of the region to receive accumulated volumes of solid domestic waste from Lviv before 23.06. And before July 5, take out all the garbage from Lviv. Recall, the tense situation in Lviv with the removal of household waste due to the closure of the Gribovička dump continues from the summer of 2016. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy repeatedly appealed for help to the leaders of other regions of the country, however, most of them do not have the opportunity to take extra garbage due to the technical condition of the landfills.

On June 12, the Lviv City Council asked the regional authorities and Ukraine to declare the city a zone of extreme environmental situation due to the accumulation of garbage. June 14 Groisman at a government meeting criticized Sadovoy for problems with the removal of solid domestic waste from Lviv. In turn, Sadovy said that he expected the Prime Minister of Ukraine “a more adequate response” to a warning about the environmental threat. June 20, acting. Minister of Health of Ukraine Ulyana Suprun stated that there are currently no grounds for introducing a state of emergency in Lviv, but noted that according to the results of the analysis, the soil near the garbage grounds contains a high level of bacteria, which is very dangerous.

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