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MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – It is important to deepen waste recycling, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
Lukashenko: Waste processing will be in focus in 2025
MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – It is important to deepen waste recycling, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
“We need to have wastewater treatment facilities and a large waste processing plant. We will pay special attention to this matter during the current five-year plan and the Year of Improvement. Waste processing features large in our agenda. I always keep in mind the example of Switzerland, where almost all of the waste is recycled, from polyethylene to paper. We should follow suit, because we don’t want to pollute this land on which we and our children will live,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
According to Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev, the city has already embarked on the renovation of waste treatment facilities. The project will be implemented in several stages. First, mechanical treatment facilities will be revamped; this work is already underway. During the second stage, biological treatment facilities will be upgraded. The third stage provides for the preparation of sludge disposal and processing facilities.
“At the end of the year, we will proceed to the fourth and fifth stages. We plan to complete the first three stages within two years. In 2028, we are set to completely renovate Minsk treatment facilities and provide them with advanced technologies. In fact, we will have a waste-free production,” said the Minsk mayor.
“Minsk should tackle this problem within the next five-year period. It might be resolved earlier, but not later. This will be the country’s biggest project in the waste processing sector. We need to consider the construction of similar facilities in other large cities (primarily oblast centers, maybe even in cities with a population of 100,000). This will be a so-called pilot project; it will be implemented in Minsk and in each region in this five-year period. This is very important,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
At present Minsk is running a large-scale project to renovate the waste processing plant at the Trostenetsky municipal solid waste landfill. The project provides for building over 20 facilities, which will significantly ramp up the plant's capacity. Its total capacity is expected to increase from 100,000 tonnes per year to 600,000 tonnes.
“If we upgrade this complex, will it be able to handle all the city’s waste?” the head of state asked.
Vladimir Kukharev reassured that it will.
“This means that we should do this promptly,” the president demanded.
“By 3 July, we plan to complete the construction of the waste sorting plant. It will sort all waste. We will put aside all recyclable resources for the further in-depth processing. In addition, 113,000 tonnes of RDF fuel [the general name for fuel produced from waste] will be produced annually; it will be used as fuel for the cement plant,” the Minsk mayor informed.
“We need to have wastewater treatment facilities and a large waste processing plant. We will pay special attention to this matter during the current five-year plan and the Year of Improvement. Waste processing features large in our agenda. I always keep in mind the example of Switzerland, where almost all of the waste is recycled, from polyethylene to paper. We should follow suit, because we don’t want to pollute this land on which we and our children will live,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
Lukashenko: Waste processing will be in focus in 2025
MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – It is important to deepen waste recycling, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.
“We need to have wastewater treatment facilities and a large waste processing plant. We will pay special attention to this matter during the current five-year plan and the Year of Improvement. Waste processing features large in our agenda. I always keep in mind the example of Switzerland, where almost all of the waste is recycled, from polyethylene to paper. We should follow suit, because we don’t want to pollute this land on which we and our children will live,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
According to Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev, the city has already embarked on the renovation of waste treatment facilities. The project will be implemented in several stages. First, mechanical treatment facilities will be revamped; this work is already underway. During the second stage, biological treatment facilities will be upgraded. The third stage provides for the preparation of sludge disposal and processing facilities.
“At the end of the year, we will proceed to the fourth and fifth stages. We plan to complete the first three stages within two years. In 2028, we are set to completely renovate Minsk treatment facilities and provide them with advanced technologies. In fact, we will have a waste-free production,” said the Minsk mayor.
“Minsk should tackle this problem within the next five-year period. It might be resolved earlier, but not later. This will be the country’s biggest project in the waste processing sector. We need to consider the construction of similar facilities in other large cities (primarily oblast centers, maybe even in cities with a population of 100,000). This will be a so-called pilot project; it will be implemented in Minsk and in each region in this five-year period. This is very important,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
At present Minsk is running a large-scale project to renovate the waste processing plant at the Trostenetsky municipal solid waste landfill. The project provides for building over 20 facilities, which will significantly ramp up the plant's capacity. Its total capacity is expected to increase from 100,000 tonnes per year to 600,000 tonnes.
“If we upgrade this complex, will it be able to handle all the city’s waste?” the head of state asked.
Vladimir Kukharev reassured that it will.
“This means that we should do this promptly,” the president demanded.
“By 3 July, we plan to complete the construction of the waste sorting plant. It will sort all waste. We will put aside all recyclable resources for the further in-depth processing. In addition, 113,000 tonnes of RDF fuel [the general name for fuel produced from waste] will be produced annually; it will be used as fuel for the cement plant,” the Minsk mayor informed.