Waste management - an unsolved problem for Kiev and Ukraine

Since independence, the amount of waste produced by city inhabitants has dramatically increased. This is the backside of a "progress" that is (also) linked to increasing import of western products and technologies. Unlike other mainly western countries, Ukraine has not yet adopted a sustainable waste policy for the coming future. The main principle of a sustainable development in this sphere is avoidance of waste and reuse of materials.  The NGO "Mama-86" provides a map and adresses of recycling stations in Kiev.              

A map layer has been prepared to provide an overview on the location of landfills  in and around Kiev ( http://goo.gl/maps/Bl2X )

An impressive and interactive presentation of waste (and some other problems) with photos from Chris Jordan, USA, you can download here

Fig. 1: view of a landfill site near Kiev

The waste related web pages focus on sustainable waste management. As an example, the German model will be shortly presented. Other article focus on waste incineration because this has special importance for Kiev.

• http://www.epa.gov/appcdwww/aptb/hazwaste.htm

• http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/28/3/261?rss=1

• http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/toxicol/1996-June/000657.html

• http://openurl.ingenta.com/content?genre=article&issn=0160-4120&volume=28&issue=1&spage=103&epage=110
• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00013-2
• new: ecological incinerator assessment

Persistent organic pollutants are released into the environment through various pathways. This is also a waste related problem we should know about. More articles will follow.

  Other Articles :      garbage-overflow_en.htm   and incinerator-risks_en.htm

Fig. 2: for many citizens city rivers are

favoured  places to get rid of waste

Scientific papers dealing with all aspects of waste management are presented every year at a conference organised by  EcoInform, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", url:
 http://www.kpi.kharkov.ua/?lang=en&main=main.html&news=yes. To view papers from the last conference  click here!