Mykolaiv needs ₴30 million to launch a paving stone manufacturing plant

Tiles on Soborna Square in Mykolaiv, archive photo by NikVesti

The Mykolaiv authorities plan to launch the production of concrete from recycled demolition waste. The city needs about 30 million hryvnias for this.

This is stated in the article by NikVesti «Waste of war: can the plant in Mykolaiv keep up with the scale of destruction?»

As is known, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych previously announced plans to use recycled demolition waste to manufacture paving stones. To this end, he said, with the support of international partners, the city intends to acquire a set of equipment for concrete production.

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«Our goal is to create conditions for a circular economy in Mykolaiv, where waste becomes money. And to save the city's funds, for example, for the creation of various concrete products. This includes paving stones, which will not be purchased but will be produced by the city itself at a minimal cost,» explained Oleksandr Sienkevych.

The city expects to receive 30 million hryvnias from a donor, said Vitalii Shevchenko, director of the municipal enterprise ELU Avtodorig, in a comment to NikVesti. These funds are not included in the city's budget this year.

«We want to do it, we are looking for a donor. If donors give us the money, we will do it. This year, there is no budget to allocate these funds from the budget. It's about 30 million hryvnias,» said Vitalii Shevchenko.

Recycling of demolition waste in Mykolaiv

The construction waste processing plant in Mykolaiv began operating in the spring of 2025. The project was implemented with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which provided specialised equipment, while the site for the plant was equipped with funds from the city budget.

The equipment has the capacity to process about 12,000 tonnes of such waste per month, and the resulting material will be used for road repairs.

By the end of 2024, about 120,000 tonnes of construction waste had accumulated in Mykolaiv. As of January 2025, the plant had processed 4,500 tonnes of demolition waste into building materials.

In a comment to NikVesti, Deputy Mayor Serhii Korenev said that the construction waste processing plant in Mykolaiv is planned to be used for the needs of two more regions: Kherson and part of Kirovohrad.

At the same time, communities that want to use the services of the construction waste processing plant after the destruction are offered two options for cooperation. In the first, they can transfer all waste for processing at a lower price, and in the second, they can get the processed material back, but this option will be more expensive.