Prospects of wte development in Ukraine

Abstract

Ukraine has a huge problem with garbage. Every year Ukrainians throw away around 11 million tons of garbage, that’s 300 kilograms per person. 94% of these 11 million tons are buried in the many landfills, which take up around 100 square kilometers. To illustrate, that is as big as 14,000 football fields. To worsen the situation, over a half of them are uncertified and do not meet the ecological norms. Moreover around 27,000 illegal landfills appear all over the country yearly.