"In Ukraine more than 30milliard tons of industrial and domestic waste pollute environment. Disposal-tips occupy 164 hectares", informed the Ecological Committee of Ukraine.
88% of waste comes from the metallurgical and metal mining industry. In the highly-developed countries 60% of all waste goes through reprocessing. But in Ukraine waste products lay in villages, woods, people burn them in the streets or in the gardens. In the private sector there are more than 3300 unauthorized disposal tips. The experts of Euro-Union consider Ukraine to be the most polluted country. In the European countries gross revenue of 1000$ makes up 32 kilos of waste, but in Ukraine it?s - 15 tons.
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