Fri, Feb 10 2012

Sofia offers barter for refuse storage

Wed, Aug 27 2008 15:07 CET

byElitsa Grancharova

527 Views

The Bulgarian municipalities that agree to store some of the bales containing Sofia's rubbish will be offered the chance to return them to the city when its new refuse processing plant is constructed, Deputy Environment Minister Chavdar Georgiev said in an interview with Bulgarian National Television.

The European Union has set the deadline of September 1 2008 for Sofia municipality to solve its refuse problems, by moving and making safe the baled refuse in the boroughs of Kremikovtzi and Gara Iskur. Georgiev said that if the bales were not moved on time, Bulgaria would have to pay a daily fine for the time that the refuse remained at the two unregulated platforms. He did not name an exact amount.

Sofia deputy mayor in charge of environment Maria Boyadjiiska confirmed that she was ready to sign contracts with all mayors who were afraid that they could experience similar refuse crises in the future, Bulgarian-language daily Dnevnik reported on August 27. Boyadjiiska agreed that their r refuse could be processed in the factory planned to be constructed in Sofia. The rubbish processing unit would start operating not later than 2011, she said.

Sofia municipality had previously sent a letter to the municipalities of Plovdiv, Sevlievo, Montana, Vratsa and Troyan, asking them to accept Sofia's refuse. Plovdiv refused, while the Sevlievo mayor is currently considering Sofia's proposal and is to answer by September 1.

  • Print
  • Send via email
  • Translate to
  • Share:

To post comments, please, Login or Register.


Please read the The Sofia Echo forum comments policy.

More in this category

Cashing in

Bulgarian Cabinet is looking at domestic market to refinance foreign debt, but has back-up plan in place

Winter waves

Government and individuals come up with cash to help those hard-hit by floods and freezing weather.

Winter weather as archaeologist: Roman building found near Bulgaria's Bourgas

The discovery was made after some of the land in a complex near Bourgas was washed away by rough seas.

Weather crisis disrupts train travel in Bulgaria

No trains could cross the Danube Bridge and passengers from international trains were being taken to the city of Rousse by road transport.

Bulgaria faces further fatal freeze a day after Black Sea devastation

Hazardous weather warnings across the country on February 9, new record-low temperatures, and three people reported frozen to death in Pernik.

© 2000-2012, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.