In the Kyiv region, landfills have polluted 900 hectares of land.
The environment has been damaged by almost 50 million hryvnias.
80 unauthorized landfills with a total area of over 900 hectares, which is equal to the area of 130 Synevyr lakes, were found in the Kyiv region. This was reported by the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine.
It is noted that the environment has been damaged by almost 50 million hryvnias.
"During the inspections, a number of environmental violations were found, including the burial of waste in landfills without appropriate projects and permits. In addition, the SEI sent a statement of claim to the court regarding the inaction of the Baryshivka settlement council of the Kyiv region in the field of waste management and the removal of the requirement to take measures to eliminate unauthorized landfills."
The chief engineer of one of the communal enterprises of the Drohobych City Council was informed of suspicion of land pollution. The estimated damage from his actions exceeded UAH 3 million.
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Ukraine plans to approve the National Action Plan for Environmental Protection for 2021-2025. As of today, waste management in Ukraine is very chaotic and does not comply with European standards. Ukraine is the dirtiest country in Europe and one of the dirtiest in the world. Over 25 thousand illegal landfills. Lack of processing and sorting. 95% of household waste goes to landfills and is buried there. Losses from soil pollution due to littering of the territory for 2019 alone amounted to over a billion hryvnias. And these are only official data, calculated according to old Soviet methods. In fact, the losses are much greater. Fines for littering have not been updated since the 1990s. Therefore, international investors see no point in building modern waste processing plants in Ukraine.