Prospects for environmentally safe mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste in Ukraine

Yuliia Makovetska,Tetiana Omelianenko,Alla Omelchenko,A Generowicz,B Burkinskyi,V Koval

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202125501002

Abstract

Improving waste management is currently one of the priorities for Ukraine in the environmental safety. EU experience in the use of mechanical biological waste treatment technologies should be applied now in connection with the development and implementation of Regional Waste Management Plans in Ukrainian regions. The aim of the paper is to analyse the benefits and the preconditions of using mechanical biological waste treatment technologies in Ukraine, as well as barriers that may hinder the construction of mechanical biological waste treatment plants. The analysis of the eight drafts of the Regional Waste Management Plans showed that the mechanical biological waste treatment technologies market is free in Ukraine and the best option for the regions where there are cement plants operating is production of solid recovered fuel. Such types of projects could be affordable for Ukrainians with the cost recovery period more than 8 years. On the other hand there are significant obstacles of economic, organizational and technological nature to their immediate implementation i.e. low rates on waste disposal tax, partly compliance on air emissions monitoring system, absence of necessary standards etc. The priority actions to speed up mechanical biological waste treatment technologies implementation have been defined.

Highlights

The level of environmental safety of Ukraine is influenced by the inherited structure of the economy with a dominant share of resource- and energy-intensive industries; wear and tear of fixed assets of industrial and transport infrastructure; the existing system of public administration in environmental protection
By signing the Association Agreement with the EU in 2014, Ukraine has chosen the European path of the development, in connection with which the waste management system needs to be significantly modified taking into account the relevant guidelines and policies
Ukraine generates annually more than 10 million tons municipal solid waste

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The level of environmental safety of Ukraine is influenced by the inherited structure of the economy with a dominant share of resource- and energy-intensive industries; wear and tear of fixed assets of industrial and transport infrastructure; the existing system of public administration in environmental protection. The environmental situation as a whole continues to deteriorate [1]. Both in Europe and around the world, the problem of waste is emerging as one of the determining factors of environmental and social safety. This fully applies to Ukraine which faces a number of pressing challenges in waste management. The Law of Ukraine “On waste” (1998) does not meet modern requirements. They have been talking about new legislation since 2014, when Ukraine signed the Association Agreements Ukraine-EU.

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