Main Department of Housing and Communal Services: About 40.2 thousand MSW containers purchased in Vitebsk region

Around 40.2 thousand containers for solid municipal waste (SMW) were purchased in 2020 for the Vitebsk region, reported Svetlana Kuzmich, chief specialist of the public utilities department of the main department of housing and communal services of the regional executive committee.

In 2020, about 40.2 thousand SMW containers were purchased for the Vitebsk region using funds from the state institution "Secondary Material Resources Operator". This includes over 37.6 thousand containers for the individual housing sector.

"For private houses, where utility companies install 2 SMW containers, over 18.8 thousand sets were purchased. These houses are currently being equipped with such containers. These are waste containers with a volume of 120 liters or 240 liters. Residents collect SMW in one of them. The second container is for paper, glass, and polymer waste, which then go to sorting lines and separate collection sorting points. These are available in 12 districts of the region. Then, the sorted secondary resources go to processing enterprises in the region and the republic. Last year, 85.2 thousand tons of secondary resources were collected in the Vitebsk region," said Svetlana Kuzmich.

Waste that cannot be recycled is transported to SMW disposal sites. "In the Vitebsk region, there are 27 landfills and 48 mini-landfills. The mini-landfills will be reclaimed and decommissioned by the end of 2021," noted the specialist.

Additionally, 20 rear-loading garbage trucks were purchased to replenish the fleet of utility companies in the region, which can service all types of SMW containers.

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