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GARBAGE DISPOSAL IS A CULTURE ARMENIA UNFORTUNATELY LACKS
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Thursday, October 24, 18:07
Eco Group (Sweden) and Sanitech (Libya) have won the Yerevan
Municipality's tender and will deal with the issues of garbage disposal
and sanitation in Yerevan starting from 1 April 2014. This will become
the first step towards construction of a waste processing plant.
During the October 24 hearings at Media Center, Hovhannes Aharonyan,
Head of the Garbage Disposal and Sanitation Department of the
Yerevan Municipality, stressed that the matter concerns not only
garbage disposal or waste processing but also application of European
practices. The area of the Nubarashen dump in Yerevan is 52 ha and
it has been piled with some 8 mln tons of solid domestic waste over
the past few decades. "If we keep using it the way we do, it will
last for 15 years only", he said.
Samvel Nazaryan, Coordinator of Urban Foundation Programs, said that
within the next few days some 90 trash cans for plastic packages will
be installed near the urban dump of Kapan. The plastic packages will
then be taken to the storage to be tamped down. As a result, the total
volume of the waste will decline by 20%. He added that according to a
survey in Alaverdi, 85% of the residents agree to classify the garbage
in case trash cans for plastic packages are installed. He added that
the Swedish company offered the residents of one of the Alaverdi
districts to classify the garbage and throw it into different trash
cans, but the residents refused to do that. "Garbage disposal is a
culture we unfortunately lack", he said.
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Thursday, October 24, 18:07
Eco Group (Sweden) and Sanitech (Libya) have won the Yerevan
Municipality's tender and will deal with the issues of garbage disposal
and sanitation in Yerevan starting from 1 April 2014. This will become
the first step towards construction of a waste processing plant.
During the October 24 hearings at Media Center, Hovhannes Aharonyan,
Head of the Garbage Disposal and Sanitation Department of the
Yerevan Municipality, stressed that the matter concerns not only
garbage disposal or waste processing but also application of European
practices. The area of the Nubarashen dump in Yerevan is 52 ha and
it has been piled with some 8 mln tons of solid domestic waste over
the past few decades. "If we keep using it the way we do, it will
last for 15 years only", he said.
Samvel Nazaryan, Coordinator of Urban Foundation Programs, said that
within the next few days some 90 trash cans for plastic packages will
be installed near the urban dump of Kapan. The plastic packages will
then be taken to the storage to be tamped down. As a result, the total
volume of the waste will decline by 20%. He added that according to a
survey in Alaverdi, 85% of the residents agree to classify the garbage
in case trash cans for plastic packages are installed. He added that
the Swedish company offered the residents of one of the Alaverdi
districts to classify the garbage and throw it into different trash
cans, but the residents refused to do that. "Garbage disposal is a
culture we unfortunately lack", he said.