Destruction and recycling of solid waste. Of all the waste in Moscow and Moscow region, almost all buried at the three existing landfills. Life cycle which averages three years. As a consequence, the existing database objects landfill does not comply needs of the city. The concept of sanitation of the city provides for: 1. The industrialization of the sector waste management – construction of incinerators and refineries and upgrading existing enterprises. 2.
Creating a new modern environmentally safe landfills. 3. Construction of intermediate stations. In the first stage of this program provides construction and reconstruction of four existing incinerators. Contractor for this effort was Mosenergostroy. All work is done in the framework of interstate German-Russian loan. Time of putting the plant in operation – one in 1997, productivity – 250 tons of msw per year, another in 1998, its capacity – 200 tons of msw per year.
As well underway and will be the reconstruction of existing incinerators. When reconstructing plant number 2 in 1997, productivity increased from 75 to 130 thousand tons of msw per year. When reconstructing the plant number 3 in the framework of ebrd financing Danish firm R & H were prepared after which the plant's capacity was 200 thousand tons of msw per year while in parallel were installed additional flue gas cleaning system. By order of the Moscow Government 239 provides for the development of technical documentation for equipment and standard draft domestic waste incinerator (South Butovo). Parallel construction and reconstruction of waste incinerators is planned to establish waste treatment plants in the Moscow region.