There will be no recycling: a waste sorting plant is closed in Chisinau
Waste sorting in Chisinau is under threat. In the capital of Moldova, the only plant that collects waste for processing is closed. The pilot project was launched jointly with the City Hall. But the private enterprise and the Chisinau municipal council could not agree on a tariff plan and stopped cooperation. Whether the city is threatened by a garbage collapse, the correspondent of the MIR 24 TV channel, Irina Glushko, found out.
More than 500 tons of garbage from Chisinau goes to the waste sorting station every day. They select plastic, glass, cardboard and other materials that can later be recycled.
Now the plant is bankrupt and stops sorting lines. The company says it has losses of almost 50 thousand euros every month. The pilot project for sorting municipal waste was opened five years ago in cooperation with the Chisinau City Hall, and now the company needs financial support from the authorities. Money from the sale of recyclable waste does not cover costs.
“It is necessary that these services be paid for. The mayor's office must resolve the issue of sorting payment – per kilogram or per ton. No funds were allocated in the budget for this service. No one can pay for the sorting service, and neither can we. There is no financial benefit in sorting waste, ”said Irina Balika, a representative of the waste sorting and recycling plant.
The capital accounts for a third of all waste generated in the country. Approximately 15% of municipal waste is recyclable. Mayor of the capital, Ion Ceban, believes that the company is simply blackmailing the local authorities.
“The mayor's office offered options: to buy a sorting station for 200 million lei or pay them 50 million lei annually for what they do. But all they do is select everything that is recyclable from waste, take it to their own recycling plant and do business on it. Sorting waste is a business all over the world, and you should not blame the mayor's office if your circumstances are not going so well, ”said Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban.
There will be no sorting: a waste sorting plant closes in Chisinau
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Without sorting, more waste will have to be buried in the ground. Now the mixed waste will go to the city landfill in the village of Tsyntsareny. Although locals have long been asking to close it, because it poisons the ecosystem.
“The problem is that there is a crisis in Tsyntsareni. The contract with the mayor's office of the village of Tsyntsareny for garbage storage expires on December 31 this year. One of the conditions was a smaller volume of garbage brought into the village, as well as the absence of materials that strongly pollute the environment. Now 40% more waste will be sent there, ”said Julianna Cantrarajiu, an environmental expert.
The mayor's office plans to organize a tender and select a new company for sorting waste. This can take at least a year. Last year, a technical and economic audit was carried out by order of the mayor's office. He showed that sorting a ton of waste costs 10 euros. But the municipal council did not find that kind of money.
