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Today, the completion of works on the construction of a sanitary landfill, as the most important element of the complex regional center for waste management Eko-Tamnava, in the town of Kalenic, in the municipality of Ub, was marked today, the first of many regional centers that will be built throughout Serbia.
Minister of Environmental Protection Sara Pavkov pointed out that this is by far the largest environmental project in the field of waste management in decades, which opens a new chapter in the waste management system in our country! We have been waiting for this day for a long time. There is a lot of effort, work and sleepless nights behind us all, but when I sum it up - it was worth it! This location was once an open-pit mine within the Kolubara mining basin, and today instead of a degraded area we have a modern green infrastructure system on about 40 hectares, where we are today symbolically sowed the grass. The benefits of this modern system, along with constant monitoring and a high level of environmental protection, will be felt by more than half a million people and 15 local governments that gravitate towards this location - Ub, Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica, Osecina, Vladimirci, Koceljeva, Loznica, Valjevo, Mali Zvornik, Krupanj, Obrenovac, Ljubovija, Lazarevac, Barajevo, said Pavkov. start with trial work, and in a year it will be fully functional and operational. The first delivered quantities of waste are expected already during the summer, and it is planned that 165,000 tons of waste will be disposed of at this site annually. Our mission is based on a clear vision of a developed and modern Serbia, set by the President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic. By 2030, we will build or improve regional centers from the north to the south of Serbia! In addition to the already operational regional centers, we will also have modern waste management systems in Sombor, Novi Sad, Indija, Sremska Mitrovica, Ubu, Novaya Varos and Pirot. By the same year, more than 3.7 million inhabitants in as many as 80 cities and municipalities will have a waste management system, which will treat 1.4 million tons of waste per year. Today, we are working to ensure that by 2030, every second kilogram of municipal waste will be safely disposed of at a sanitary landfill, explained Pavkov. manages waste is a real example of what harmony looks like in action. This is what the face of Serbia looks like, which has a clear goal and where everyone works in the same direction for the benefit of everyone. Thank you to my colleague, Minister Glisic, who, as the former president of the municipality of Ub, perfectly understood how important this kind of project is for citizens and the environment, thank you also to President Jovanovic Dzajic, who responsibly and dedicatedly continued on that path, as well as to Director Petrovic, who will lead this system forward with his experience and dedication. We also owe a great deal of thanks to our international partners EBRD and AFD for the support, both through the credit line and through the expertise and experience they brought in. The realization of this project is the best proof that if we work together we can do anything, concluded Pavkov.
