A million tonnes of waste have already accumulated at the landfill site in Domanivka

Solid waste landfill near Mykolaiv. Archive photo by ‘NikVesti’

As of April 2026, a million tonnes of waste had accumulated at the landfill site of the Domanivska territorial community in the Mykolaiv region.

This was revealed in a comment to NikVesti by Viktor Vlasiuk, head of the Domanivka settlement council.

As is known, there are plans to create an industrial park in Domanivka. Viktor Vlasiuk explained that the community is keen for it to specialise primarily in raw material processing, as there are large volumes of waste at the local landfill.

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«To be frank, here’s why we’re primarily interested in raw material processing. We have an uncertified landfill within the Domanivka community. It’s uncertified for now, but we’re actually in the process of formalising it. According to experts’ estimates, there’s already a million tonnes of waste there. We need to process it and bring it up to standard. Why? Because the Domanivka community is the first in Ukraine to want to join Europe. But the requirements are such that if you don’t have a landfill site, sorting, recycling, in-depth processing and so on, then you don’t even have the right to count on European loans,» explained Viktor Vlasiuk.

Read also the article by NikVesti «From reform to reality: how Mykolaiv Oblast is tackling waste without a regional plan».

And what about the processing of demolition waste?

The construction waste recycling plant in Mykolaiv began operations in spring 2025. The project was implemented with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which provided specialised equipment, whilst the site for the plant was developed using the city’s budget.

The plant’s capacity allows it to process around 12,000 tonnes of such waste per month, and the resulting material is intended for use in road repairs.

By the end of 2024 alone, around 120,000 tonnes of construction waste had accumulated in Mykolaiv. As of January 2025, the plant had processed 4,500 tonnes of demolition waste into building materials.

In a comment to NikVesti, Deputy Mayor Serhii Korenev stated that the construction waste recycling plant in Mykolaiv is planned to be used to serve the needs of two further regions: Kherson region and part of Kirovohrad region.

At the same time, communities wishing to use the services of the construction waste recycling plant following demolition are being offered two options for cooperation. Under the first option, they can hand over all waste for recycling at a lower cost; under the second, they can receive the recycled material back, though this option will be more expensive.