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Order No. 22-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Concept of the National Waste Management Program for 2013-2020.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Policy/planning Governance Sustainable development Environmental security Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waste management Recycling/reuse Transport/storage Public health Hazardous waste Organic waste Sustainable use
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Abstract

This National Waste Management Program is a nationwide multi-sectoral policy document. Actually, in Ukraine the volume of accumulation of waste, the number of landfills and waste disposal sites are increasing, the sanitary condition of inhabited areas is deteriorating. The main sources of waste generation are the mining enterprises, chemical, metallurgical, machine-building, fuel-energy, and construction and agro-industrial complexes. The system of sanitary purification of settlements is imperfect, there is no interaction between the bodies of state sanitary-epidemiological service, environmental protection and housing and communal services with the purpose of exercising control over the sanitary condition of territories, as well as collecting, removing, disposing of livestock byproducts.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon.rada.gov.ua