RISK ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH WHEN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Abstract

According to the National Waste Management Strategy in Ukraine until 2030, various waste management activities are planned in the Poltava region, including the construction of new infrastructural waste treatment facilities, which may adversely affect the environment and public health. The study purpose is to conduct an expert assessment of the predicted state of the environment and living conditions of the population in areas where the technogenic load can potentially be increased as a result of the implementation of planned activities. First of all, it is necessary to assess the risks that may arise in the areas of construction of municipal waste treatment facilities. For the study, logical and formalized assessment methods were used. Methods of expert assessments, analogies, statistical method were used as logical ones. In strategic planning of decisions and their subsequent implementation within the framework of state planning documents, an important step is a professional predictive assessment of the significance of potential impacts and risks of changes in the state of the environment and public health associated with the creation of regional waste treatment facilities. In the absence of a legislatively approved methodology for assessing the risks of the impact of waste treatment facilities, the main result of this work is an expert assessment of the potential impact on the state of the environment and public health of new infrastructural waste treatment facilities, which are planned in the Regional Waste Management Plan in the Poltava region areas by 2030. A significant limitation of this study is the lack of a methodological basis for assessing the risks of the impact of waste treatment facilities on the environment and public health and the lack of domestic experience in operating such facilities and appropriate monitoring of their impact. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that territories have been identified for the future construction of infrastructural waste treatment facilities, where there is a risk of increasing social tension. The collected professional objective information on the identified risks allows in practice to plan preventive measures to minimize negative impacts. The originality and significance of the study lies in the systematization of the results of an expert assessment of the potential impact on the state of the environment of territories with environmental status, as well as the living conditions and health of the population of the Poltava region during the construction of new infrastructural processing facilities in accordance with the plan "Regional waste management plan in the Poltava region until 2030 of the year".