After the Russian invasion in February 2022, the communal waste management machinery used in Fastiv for many years was relocated to other war-affected cities in the Kyiv region. The equipment was old, worn out, and inefficient, produced high emissions, and required constant repairs. Without it, however, the city was unable to fully provide basic services, including waste collection and disposal, to meet the needs of local residents and internally displaced persons who arrived in the city in spring of 2022.

To address urgent and critical needs for more efficient waste management processes in Fastiv, grant funds from the NIP Ukraine Water Modernisation Programme, funded by the European Union and managed by Nefco, were repurposed from a planned wastewater modernisation project for a waste management project in the city. With a grant funding of EUR 960,000, the city received 600 new waste containers, 4 waste trucks, and one bulldozer.

“This project has prompted drastic changes in our community, particularly regarding people’s attitudes towards the environment they are surrounded by,” says Mykhailo Netiazhuk, Mayor of Fastiv. “Thanks to this project, we have completely reorganised the solid waste management system in our city. We are also grateful to the youth of Fastiv who actively participated in the creative competition. In addition, waste recycling and its importance are now included in our schools’ curriculum. This project, implemented with grant funding from the European Union in close cooperation with Nefco, is extremely valuable for our community.”

“After the outbreak of the full-scale Russian war of aggression, the European Union repurposed several on-going projects to support Ukraine in addressing urgent needs,” says Jocelin Cornet, Head of the Reconstruction, Energy, Infrastructure and Environment Section of the EU Delegation to Ukraine. “We are proud to support Fastiv through these challenging times. Our immediate objective is to address urgent needs while setting the stage for long-term, sustainable progress. In the EU, we prioritise waste prevention and see landfills as the last resort. We hope these advancements will inspire further positive changes in waste management practices in Fastiv and beyond." 

The full story about the project could be found at the Nefco web-site: English/ Ukrainian

Additional information

The Neighbourhood Investment Platform (NIP) is a mechanism aimed at mobilising additional funding to finance capital-intensive infrastructure projects in EU partner countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in sectors such as transport, energy, environment and social development. The NIP also supports the private sector, mainly through investment grants and risk capital operations targeting small and medium-sized enterprises. The NIP strives to pool grant resources from the EU budget and EU Member States and use them to leverage loans from European Financial Institutions as well as contributions from the ENP partner countries themselves. In this way, the EU backs its neighbours’ priorities and supports them in carrying out key investments and boosting economic development.

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