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Came for complaints
“The problems raised by both environmentalists and agencies about odors, complaints from neighbors, was the main objective to evaluate, because a few years ago those problems were, it was promised that a chimney would be built that would solve the problems and odors somewhere high in the air, but no one today, when we actually go to the place, we see that the main problem is in the biological part where decomposition occurs: there are the main odors.
The municipalities will have to choose in the near future and the problems of further management of the biological part will be solved, because this is the only case in Lithuania, when the first decision of principle was incorrect in the construction of the MBA. and there are endless complaints, “said K. Mažeika at ELTA.
“We must address the problem, review the process itself, we will seek the possibility of transferring the biological part to other MBA units to minimize odors,” he added.
In August, the Ministry of the Environment asked the company to present a plan of measures to reduce the release of odors and pollutants into the environment, which the company must implement in the shortest possible time.
The problem needs to be addressed by reviewing the process itself, we will look for an opportunity to possibly transfer the biological part to other MBA units.
Again, empty promises
“The company finally has an MBA manager, he has a really big responsibility. We hope to present that action plan in the near future,” said the minister, adding that liquidating the company would not be the answer.
“The liquidation itself is certainly not the solution, the waste streams would not be shared with other MBAs, because Kaunas is a big city that generates a lot of waste. Other facilities could not handle that flow. The problem should not be the closure, but the review of the process itself, “ELTA said. .Mažeika.
“The next step is to review the processes in the biological part, because that is where the main odor problem is,” he said.
We remind you that the Mayor of Kaunas, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, has publicly stated that this factory has no place in Kaunas and that it should be liquidated.
“There is nonsense about EU money, but we dare not admit it. When our team came to work in Kaunas, they found the MBA project as a legacy of the previous ones with a not very pleasant smell,” said the mayor of Kaunas .
Suffering losses
Although the Minister explains that Kaunas MBA is needed because the region generates a lot of waste, the figures say otherwise. It seems that when he arrived in Kaunas, K.Mažeika simply did not take an interest in him.
According to 2019 data, about 140 thousand. tons of mixed municipal waste. Waste from the city of Kaunas accounted for 64%. For residents of the entire Kaunas region, this service costs around 9 million per year. 5.5 million euros for Kaunas residents. euros.
After processing 140 thousand. t of mixed municipal waste, only 1,250 t of recyclable secondary raw materials are classified. This is less than 1%. total amount of waste. The figures speak for themselves: in real terms, for 9 million. 78 thousand euros of classified recyclable secondary raw materials are obtained. income in euros.
“We already have a fairly well developed primary waste sorting system in Kaunas. Already at this early stage, recyclable plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, metal, textiles and green waste are separated and collected separately from the municipal waste stream. mixed.
99 percent. Mixed municipal waste entering the MBA remains unsorted, so it is not convenient to transport it to the MBA for economic, environmental or public health reasons. That 99 percent. waste that enters the MBA after treatment costs 9 million. it is still disposed of in a landfill or incinerated at the Kaunas cogeneration plant (KKJ) “, – Saulius Lazauskas, CEO of Kauno Švara, argued in specific figures.
140 thousand The use of t of municipal waste for energy production in KKJ, bypassing the MBA, would allow residents of the Kaunas region to save 4 million. EUR, and for residents of the city of Kaunas, about one and a half million. every year. The price of the KKJ waste incineration service is 35 Eur / t, and the MBA sorting service is 62.81 Eur / t.
The mayors of the Jonava and Kaunas districts were not notified
For the fifth year in a row, the smell of garbage is often felt in Ramučiai, Karmėlava, Margava, Narepė and other surrounding settlements in Kaunas district, especially strong during the warm season.
Kaunas MBA belongs to the Kaunas Regional Center for Waste Management. At the end of the summer, two of the founders of this center, Kaunas District Municipalities and Jonava, have publicly expressed their desire to completely abandon Kaunas MBA services. Another shareholder, Kaunas City Municipality, proposes to liquidate the waste treatment company entirely.
According to Kauno Diena, the mayors of the Jonava and Kaunas districts were not informed about this visit, although they asked the minister to come and inquire about the situation. In addition, it is the Ministry of the Environment and its former leaders who are considered sponsors of the Kaunas MBA project.
According to Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Mayor of the Jonava District Municipality, President of the Association of Lithuanian Municipalities, Kaunas MBA is an unnecessary middleman, which the Jonava Municipality has always critically evaluated. The municipalities themselves could sign a direct contract with the Kaunas cogeneration power plant, which burns waste. Especially since most of the population already knows how to classify them, and not everything ends up in shared garbage containers.
“The Kaunas MBA activity, which has been in operation for five years, discredits the entire waste management policy. More than 30 million euros have been invested, but the neighbors did not feel the promised benefits;
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