Since 2005, the
amount of waste produced in Kazan has tripled– from 550 tons to 1,500-1,800
tons per day. This calls for construction a new cell of the Vostochny solid
waste landfill, which will soon be opened, in three years it will be able to
accept 1.6 million tons of waste. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin headed a
meeting with the management of the regional operator at the Vostochny landfill.
The head of the city inspected the progress of work and compliance with
environmental safety requirements at the landfill, where waterproofing material
is laid to protect the soil and a degassing system is provided.
Red Book birds as an indicator of compliance with
environmental standards
In Kazan, the
PZhKH regional operator will complete the construction of the second cell of
the Vostochny solid municipal waste landfill in autumn. It will be able to
accept 1.6 million tons of waste. According to preliminary calculations, with
the daily formation of 1,500-1,800 tons of waste, the new cell will operate for
three years. This was reported to Ilsur Metshin by Yevgeny Chekashov, Director
General of the PZhKH regional operator, during a meeting at the landfill.
A protective
shield is installed at the bottom of the pit, which prevents waste from
entering the soil. It consists of several layers: this is a special
waterproofing material made of geomembrane and geotextile, sand and crushed
stone, which guarantees 100% protection of soil and groundwater. A filter
system has been provided for cleaning landfill gases. Treatment facilities will
be built to neutralize the so-called "filtrate at the storage pond.
In addition, the
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Environmental Protection conducts
a mandatory ornithological study and, according to Yevgeny Chekashov, experts
were pleasantly surprised that some red-book birds settle nearby. This suggests
that during the construction of the first cell, all the necessary environmental
requirements were also met.
“All the
environmental safety requirements must be observed. So that environment is
protected for decades to come,”- Ilsur Metshin said.
The second cell of
the Vostochny solid waste landfill will replace the landfill on Khimicheskaya
Street, which is already almost full and will stop accepting garbage by the end
of the year.
The solid waste landfill on Khimicheskaya Street was
filled two times faster than it was estimated
Ilsur Metshin drew
attention to the fact that waste production in Kazan has tripled since 2005. In
2005 landfills received about 550 tons of garbage per day, while in 2010 it was
already about 1,000 tons. Today, 1,500– 1,800 tons of waste are produced in
Kazan per day. The increase is explained by the increase in the number of
citizens and by the change in the morphology of garbage.
The growth of
waste production, in turn, forces to reconsider plans for the construction of solid
waste landfills. According to preliminary design, the landfill opened in 2010
on Khimicheskaya Street should have been used for 28 years. However, now the
landfill is almost full and will stop accepting garbage after the commissioning
of the second cell of the Vostochny landfill. Thus, the landfill on
Khimicheskaya Street served for 13 years. At the current rate of waste production
in Kazan, another new solid waste landfill will be needed very soon. According
to the plan approved by the Ministry of Construction of the republic of
Tatarstan in 2019, it is planned to create intermunicipal landfills outside the
capital of the republic.