MINSK, 17 February (BelTA) – Minsk plans to build a waste incineration plant by 2023, Belarus' Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Aleksandr Korbut said at a press conference on 17 February, BelTA has learned.
“We are working on the necessary design and estimate documentation now. The plant is supposed to be built by 2023. It may start operating earlier. The capacity will be about 500,000 cubic meters. Minsk produces about 800,000 cubic meters of waste. Part of waste will be collected and recycled separately. Organic waste will be also collected separately and the rest is supposed to be burnt,” Aleksandr Korbut noted.
The recycling rate of municipal waste was at 22.6% in Belarus in 2019. During the year Belarus produces about 3 million tonnes of household waste, with Minsk accounting for about one quarter of this amount.
Minsk is planning to use a comprehensive approach to the problem of household waste use. “Waste disposal damages the environment and we should find an alternative to it. The world uses three main approaches: use waste to produce energy, waste sorting and composting. We will apply different methods but the most appropriate method for Minsk is to use waste to produce energy. The new plant will use the modern emissions cleaning systems and exercise analytical monitoring to avoid negative consequences for the environment,” Olga Sazonova, the head of the general directorate for waste management, biological and landscape diversity at the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, told BelTA earlier.
