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GARBAGE PRESENTATION

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In 2003 an agreement between Armenian Town Planning Ministry and European Union was signed on implementing an experimental management project of hard domestic waste in the settlements of Ararat and Vayotc Dzor Districts.

As the employee of Town Planning Ministry informed, 1.3-1.5 million cubic meters of solid domestic waste are annually accumulated in Armenia and 20% of them in the rural areas.

It is equivalent to 370-430 kg garbage per capita. The waste is transported and accumulated in the 60 trash dumps of Armenia and in the streets.

”I hope this process to be a model, which will be applied in the other districts, too. European Union finances the project and 3 international and 2 national experts work on it”, Lia Sighurdt, the international councilor of Town Planning Ministry, says.

European Union has allowed 150.000-160.000 Euros only for studies. The project was launched this January and will last for 5 months.

So we can suppose that the Armenian garbage will serve as a profitable business for the Europeans.