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Two organizations make the utilisation of solid consumer wastes. They are DKP "Kyivspetstrans" (at the landfill No.5 in V.Dmitrovichi of Obukhovski region and landfill No.6) and garbage-disposal plant "Energiya" by power 365 thousand tons a year. A previous wastes sorting is absent as at the landfill ¹ 5 of DKP "Kyivspetstrans", so at the plant "Energiya".

These enterprises do not provide in full scope the municipal needs in wastes’ deposit into land. Besides that, there is a series of problems as at the landfill so at the plant. Garbage-disposal plant does not have a sufficient number of smoke gas treatment facilities. It leads to considerable pollution of atmospheric air in the regions adjoining Kyiv and to Kyiv habitants’ complaints. Annually the works do not solve the problem of sewage waters purification in the municipal sewerage system, do not solve the question of utilisation ashes and slag mixture. It is necessary to mark that the Kyiv State Municipal Authority invests the considerable funds for supporting the landfill in the proper state.

In tie with the tariffs’ augmentation of wastes burning the output transportation to Kyiv region dumps became more frequent. There the prices are cheaper, but they are not properly well ordered. Filtrate that is generated immediately gets into underground aquifers’ horizons.

From 6 till 13 august 1998 there is a raid of exposure of enterprises placed wastes at dumps, disposed on territory of Kyiv region. While checking 71 such enterprises were marked.

As it already is marked, in the town a separate collection of solid wastes is absent. That's why solving of this question is the main one in utilisation problem. The cost of wastes collection and transport in all countries is about 60-70% all wastes utilisation value. In conditions of economic crisis for many enterprises and organizations of our town wastes utilisation cost is sufficiently high.

A slime utilisation problem of galvanic production is not solved in the town. There is a raid " Wastes" that taken yearly. So, from 15 September till 31 October 1998 there is an ecological raid for keeping state check of production wastes and toxic matters at municipal enterprises and organizations. At 82 enterprises there are operating or preserved galvanic allotments. Keeping of galvanic slimes at enterprises in the main suits for wastes keeping regulations of the danger class, though it is necessary to mark that not all of enterprises have the qualitative certificates for them.

One of unsolved municipal problems remains ashes’ utilisation that is generated while incineration of solid consumer wastes at the garbage-disposal plant "Energiya". The State Management Department of Ecological Safety in Kyiv solves the question as for financing of ashes storage researches and determines the ways of its treatment. As world practice shows, ashes can be used while making of building materials, too.

A situation with collection of waste luminescent lamps from population and non-production organizations remains very difficult. Because the lack of proper work organisation of its collection and keeping a pollution of natural environment takes place.

During late years lowering of wastes using scopes is observed. It is explained by the general production fall, the absence of owner's stimulation for wastes using and inadequate influence on these processes from the State part.

 


 

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