Ochakiv plans to adopt a programme for household waste management by 2030: ₴64 million needed to implement it

A landfill near Mykolaiv. Photo: archive NikVesti

The city of Ochakiv is going to adopt a household waste management programme for five years — from 2026 to 2030.

The relevant draft decision has been published on the city council's website, according to NikVesti. It is to be considered by the deputies during the city council session.

Over five years, it is planned to spend 64 million hryvnias on the implementation of this programme, but this amount may change, according to the programme itself. The Ochakiv authorities plan not only to allocate these funds from the city budget, but also to raise money from the state budget, receive grants and loans, and funds from international organisations.

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By 2030, under this programme, the city authorities are going to

• approve the standards for the accumulation of household waste in residential buildings and enterprises;
• develop a scheme for sanitary cleaning of the city;
• change the tariffs for household waste removal services to the level of the cost price;
• carry out routine repairs of the landfill with the arrangement of access roads and water supply;
• upgrade containers, garbage trucks and special equipment;
• Reconstruct and rehabilitate the landfill;
• build a technological complex for sorting and processing household waste.

Among other things, the programme will include making an inventory and signing contracts with household waste generators (households and businesses), organising regular raids to check the sanitary condition of the city, and eliminating illegal dumps.

Read the article NikVesti «How Mykolaiv wants to start sorting waste».

As a reminder, on 20 May, Mykolaiv selected a company to build a sorting line for solid waste treatment. The winner of the tender was «Waste To Energy Niko».

In September 2024, the procedure for the operation of the household waste sorting line and the terms of the tender were agreed upon. It was reported that the sorting line will be able to process up to 70% of waste, and the remaining 30% will be buried. The project stipulates that the company that wins the tender will transfer at least 10% of its profits to the maintenance of the landfill.

Landfill near Mykolaiv

Back in 2020, in a commentary to NikVesti, the mayor of Mykolaiv said that the city's existing landfill would last for another 10 years, i.e. until 2030.

It is located on the territory of Vesnianske village council in Mykolaiv district. The landfill was put into operation in 1972 with a 50-year lifespan, i.e. until 2022. It is designed to dispose of 50 million cubic metres of waste.

The report on the strategic environmental assessment of the draft master plan for Mykolaiv, published in 2018, stated that the city's landfill capacity was 98% exhausted. Therefore, they added, it is imperative to build new modern waste sorting and recycling facilities, introduce separate waste collection, and increase the use of recycled materials.