Acquiring practice in environmental and social impact assessment: case study of Lviv city dumpsite, Ukraine
Date
2021-03-01
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Abstract
Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is a
new and fast-growing business area that is becoming
widespread in Ukraine. The fire accident at Lviv city landfill
“Hrybovychi” forced the local governments to initiate work on
its closure and reclamation. The Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) of the planned activity is the first mandatory step in this
direction. The complex nature of EIA procedures requires a
similarly integrated approach to identify hazards and develop a
shared vision of existing risks. This is demonstrated by the
analysis of two published EIA reports on remediation of
“Hrybovychi” dump and the dangers that were not identified.
Threats of additional groundwater pollution, causes of fire and
consequences of negative impact on adjacent areas, the
possibility of re-ignition of the landfill, the spreading of microparticles (PM2,5), and formation of toxic compounds classified
as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) together with their
long-distance migration – these and other dangers were not
identified and were not discussed with public organizations.
The article aims at showing a scientific approach to identifying
environmental hazards in combination with the social
component – assessments of problematic activities for public
health, which are often ignored in post-Soviet countries.
Current and best practices of the Baltic Sea countries in this
field are presented by an international team of university scientists.
Analysis of critical observations and making recommendations
for preventing, minimizing, and mitigating the adverse effects
of an accident can help to improve the peer review and
development of similar EIA projects.
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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), landfill gases, pollutant emissions, environmental impact assessment (EIA), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), leachate, heavy metals
Citation
Acquiring practice in environmental and social impact assessment: case study of Lviv city dumpsite, Ukraine / Valeriy Mykhaylenko, Ruslan Havryliuk, Mykola Blyzniuk, Mait Kriipsalu, Michael Hoffmann, Gintaras Denafas, Anastasiia Sholokhova, William Hogland, Nataliia Nauchu, Dmytro Gulevets // Environmental Problems. — Lviv : Lviv Politechnic Publishing House, 2021. — Vol 6. — No 3. — P. 154–167.