February 27, 2017 at 12:47 | Waste
Georgia developed a draft normative act on stage-by-stage ban on plastic bags, as the Georgian mass media inform, the normative act stipulates stage-by-stage ban on plastic bags
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February 16, 2017 at 16:23 | Waste | Yerevan
Sorting and recycling of solid wastes are not excluded, but rise from the essence of continuous programs implemented by Yerevan Municipality being one of the components of garbage
February 16, 2017 at 13:24 | Waste
The Armenian Government is launching 'Clean Armenia' program, as RA PM Karen Karapetyan announced at the meeting of
February 13, 2017 at 16:06 | Waste
RA Nature Protection Ministry plans to hold 'South-North Armenia Without Garbage' action. The idea is garbage collection in all recreation, resort and residential areas in Armenia from north to south by introducing
February 10, 2017 at 18:33 | Waste | Syunik
As Information and Public Relations Department of RA Nature Protection Ministry informs that the physico-chemical analysis of the water taken from
February 01, 2017 at 15:24 | Waste | Yerevan
The EIA of Yerevan solid waste management project speaks about household wastes not specifying their type. It's clear there are no studies in this regard on exactly what is dumped into Nubarashen landfill, that's why the clause of the project
January 26, 2017 at 12:19 | Waste | Syunik
On 25 January the polluted tails of Artsvanik Tailing Dump owned by Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine have been dumped into the Norashenik River. Samvel Sargsyan, Head of Syunik Community located
January 20, 2017 at 15:34 | Waste | Yerevan
Waste management in Nubarashen landfill site has certain prehistory directly related with climate change and Kyoto protocol (Clean Development Mechanisms - CDM). The Kyoto Protocol obliged developing countries
January 11, 2017 at 14:16 | Waste | Yerevan
Garbage became one of the main problems in Yerevan and Armenia, in general. Dozens of hectares of useful sites, picturesque gorges, rivers, forests and monuments of nature are dumped with garbage. The world finds up-to-date solutions
January 10, 2017 at 13:06 | Waste | Kotayk
A new landfill site is planned to be constructed in Hrazdan Town, Kotayk Region, which will cost 7 million Euros. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will grant a loan
December 15, 2016 at 14:34 | Waste
“…Over 450 garbage landfills operate in Armenia. Landfill sites are not mapped, their borders are not clear and the volume and composition of the garbage dumped there is not known. Most landfill sites have no
December 06, 2016 at 12:12 | Waste | Lori
'As far as I know, the contract for the tailing dump is for 50 years, but it has been filled in several years. There is an area, we call it orchards, where now the tailing dump is – two years ago an enormous dam was constructed, but now it's
December 01, 2016 at 17:35 | Waste | Armavir
“Water Sector Community Infrastructure” loan program shall finish in 2018; nevertheless, no new cleaning station has been constructed for Armavir and Metsamor town, which are stakeholders. The program is funded by the European Investment Bank
November 24, 2016 at 17:22 | Waste | Armavir
Metsamor residents have been breathing in stink for already 20 years and can’t air their houses or simply walk. The reason is non-operating cleaning station
November 08, 2016 at 14:17 | Waste | Kotayk
7100 tons of land polluted with persistent organic pollutants in Nubarashen pest burial won’t be transferred to the warehouse near Hrazdan Town, but will be neutralized
October 21, 2016 at 19:29 | Waste | Yerevan
The pesticides have contaminated the land, which carries out 7000 tons, according to initial estimates. The matter of transfer and neutralization of this highly contaminated land area remains open.
October 18, 2016 at 18:50 | Waste | Kotayk
The issue of liquidation of Nubarashen pesticide burial has received contradictory evaluations: the greatest concerns are related with the establishment
October 06, 2016 at 16:23 | Waste | Kotayk
RA Nature Protection Ministry made an explanation on the open letter addressed by a number of NGOs to the Armenian Prime Minister on establishing a national center for storage and neutralization of hazardous wastes. The explanation says