The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a roadmap that will define the architecture of the national waste management system as part of Ukraine’s integration into the EU.
“The adoption of the National Plan is an important component of the reform launched with the passing of the framework law on waste management. In addition, the adoption of the National Plan is one of the recommendations of the European Commission, which were set out in the Ukraine 2023 progress report under the European Union’s Enlargement Package,” commented Svitlana Grynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.
The document also includes the National Programme for Reducing Bio-Waste Landfilling and the National Programme for Waste Prevention. It contains analytics on the current state of waste management in the country, forecast indicators and strategic directions for the development of the sector for 10 years, tools for achieving the goals and monitoring their implementation.
The targets set out in the National Plan include:
The National Plan also provides for an inventory of hazardous waste treatment facilities and the identification of those that need to be brought into compliance with the requirements of the law or closed.
According to Svitlana Grynchuk, after the National Plan comes into force, each region will have to develop its own regional waste management plans within a year. Such plans will be developed for 10 years and updated every four years. The regional plans will provide for the creation of waste processing infrastructure and the closure of facilities that do not meet environmental safety requirements. Based on the regional plans, communities will develop local waste management plans.