The municipal enterprise “Municipal Company for Waste Management” of the Kharkiv City Council is an authorized organization by the Kharkiv City Executive Committee in the field of waste management, subordinate to the Department for the Provision of Life Activities of the Kharkiv City Council.
Goal of activities
The main goal of the enterprise is to implement effective household waste treatment in the city of Kharkiv, which includes:
- Maintaining waste accounting.
- Minimizing their negative impact on the environment and public health.
- Introducing modern processing technologies.
Enterprise activities
Since November 25, 2005, the municipal enterprise “Municipal Company for Waste Management” of the Kharkiv City Council has been operating a solid household waste landfill located on the territory of the Dergachi City Council outside the settlement, in the Krysky Yar ravine, 900 meters from the city of Dergachi.
In 2024, a new sanitary landfill for household waste was put into operation first, and the remediation of the previously operating landfill for household waste was also carried out with the installation of a landfill gas collection system with subsequent generation of electricity.
A full range of sanitary and environmental measures is being carried out at the MSW processing complex (hereinafter referred to as the Complex):
- Regular monitoring of the state of atmospheric air, soil and water.
- Environmental safety control.
- Improvement and cleaning of adjacent territories, garbage truck routes.
- Filtrate treatment and collection of landfill gas, which prevents soil and atmospheric air pollution.
Infrastructure development
By order of the Dergachi District State Administration dated August 25, 2005 No. 430, the enterprise ME “MCWM” of the KhCC was granted a land plot with an area of 13.2 hectares for the construction and maintenance of a solid waste processing complex, which includes the construction of a new sanitary landfill for household waste, a landfill gas collection system with the generation of electricity and heat, a sorting complex with an administrative building for the Complex’s employees.
In September 2005, the operation of the second solid waste landfill began, which was recultivated in 2021.
In 2012, new land plots were allocated for the construction of a new MSW landfill as part of the MSW Processing Complex, and in 2014, an agreement was signed between the Government of Ukraine and the World Bank, which allowed in December 2016 to sign an agreement that launched the implementation of a large-scale environmental project for new construction.
Construction of a MSW Processing Complex
ME “MCWM” of the KhCC is implementing the project “New construction of a solid household waste processing complex with a system for collecting, utilizing landfill gas and generating electricity in the city of Dergachi, Kharkiv region”.
The essence of the project: implementation of separate MSW collection, its further sorting and creation of a system for collecting and utilizing landfill gas with generating electricity.
Main areas of the project:
- Construction of a modern MSW landfill in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian and European environmental legislation.
- Reclamation of the existing MSW landfill for further use of the land plot.
- Installation of a landfill gas collection and transportation system at the new and adjacent reclaimed municipal waste landfills.
- Installation of a landfill gas utilization system with electricity generation and a system for transmitting the generated energy to the network of the National Energy Company “Ukrenergo”.
- Construction of a municipal waste sorting line.
- Construction of relevant structures, engineering networks and landscaping of the territory.
Currently, work is underway to construct a Solid Waste Processing Complex, which is scheduled to be completed in June 2025.
License and compliance with standards
In 2017, the ME “MCWM” of the KhCC received a license for the right to conduct economic activities for the disposal of household waste at the place of conduct of economic activities for the disposal of household waste – Dergachi City Council of Dergachi District, Kharkiv Region, outside the settlement.