Decree No. 715 of the Council of Ministers validating the Concept for creation of facilities for sorting and use of municipal solid waste and landfills for the disposal thereof.

This Decree validates the Concept for creation of facilities for sorting and use of municipal solid waste and landfills for the disposal thereof, other required infrastructure, closure of decommissioning waste disposal sites and mini-sites for waste burial. The scope of the Concept shall be creation of network of ecofriendly and economically efficient management of solid municipal waste with the consideration of no less than 50 percent of waste generation by 2035. The objectives of this Concept shall be as follows: (a) determination of the territorial location of municipal solid waste disposal; (b) assessment of required investments and sources of financing for the creation of facilities for management and disposal of municipal solid waste; (c) determination of terms of construction of facilities for municipal solid waste management; (d) decommissioned of landfills for municipal solid waste management and disposal. Municipal solid waste disposal sites shall be created with the consideration of: (a) ecofriendly burial of municipal solid waste, closure of all mini-sites for waste disposal, reclamation of land plots, on which the aforesaid sites have been located, and sustainable removal from operation of landfills that do not meet the requirements in the field of environmental protection; (b) application of the best available technology to create landfills in an economically viable manner and the provisions of the EU Directive; (c) establishment of overloading stations for municipal solid waste for the purpose of cost reduction for transportation of waste; (d) linking waste disposal facilities with existing and prospective facilities for sorting and management of municipal solid waste; and (e) registration of municipal