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THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE EIGHT CITIES OF UKRAINE

   | May 20, 2019

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MSW composition of the population in countries with differing incomes on WB classification [3] and the average composition of the reference cities in Ukraine

Incomes in 2012 MSW composition [%]
Organic Paper Plastic Glass Metal Other
High Income 1 28 31 11 7 6 17
Upper Middle Income 2 54 14 11 5 3 13
Ukraine, 2017 3 40 15 12 7 2 24
Lower Middle Income 4 59 9 12 3 2 15
Lower Income 5 64 5 8 3 3 17

Characteristics of the reference cities

No City Region Urban Population, [thousand people] Official Income Level [% of national average] Current Waste Generation [thousand tons] Waste Generation Per Capita [kg/capita/day]
1. Uzhgorod Western 114.0 76 22.9 0.55
2. Kherson Southern 293.3 92 55.9 0.52
3. Nikopol Southeast 113.9 124 31.2 0.75
4. Cherkasy Central 281.6 93 59.7 0.59
5. Lviv Western 728.0 101 211.1 0.79
6. Odesa Southern 1,010.8 111 392.7 1.06
7. Kharkiv Southeast 1,439.0 107 434.2 0.82
8. Kyiv Central 2,925.8 257 1,176.3 1.10

The reference cities choice is spent on following parameters

Year Total Population GDP per capita [current US$] GNI per capita [2011 PPP$] Human Development Index [HDI]
2017 42,584,542 1 2,639.8 8,130.4 0.743

The classification of the cities by incomes of population in the regions of Ukraine

The classification of the cities Small Medium-sized Large Largest Total
Real incomes in cities relative to the average incomes per person in the country [%] > 90 90-100 100-125 >250 Total
Number of the cities in Ukraine [cities], including by regions: 8 8 8 1 25
in Western region [cities] 6 0 1 0 7
in Southern region [cities] 0 2 1 0 3
in Southeast region [cities] 2 0 3 0 5
in Central region [cities] 0 6 3 1 10

Change in Waste Composition depending on incomes

City Uzhhorod Kherson Nikopol Cherkasy Lviv Odesa Kharkiv Kyiv
1 Organic [%] 48 40 29 38 26 67 33 38
2 Paper [%] 12 12 40 7 10 5 22 13
3 Plastic [%] 12 20 5 19 13 8 11 10
4 Glass [%] 5 3 6 11 4 4 9 13
5 Metal [%] 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 1
6 Other [%] 21 21 16 23 45 15 22 25
Total [%] 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

The classification of the cities by population and regions of Ukraine

The classification of the cities Small Medium-sized Large Largest Total
Population of the reference cities [thousands] 100-250 250-500 500-1000 >1000
Number of cities [cities] including by regions: 18 11 4 3 36
in Western region [cities] 5 1 1 0 7
in Southern region [cities] 2 2 0 1 5
in Southeast region [cities] 5 1 3 1 10
in Central region [cities] 6 7 0 1 14
Population of the reference cities [thousands] 2,995 3,539 3,091 5,375 15,000
City population as a proportion of the total population of the country [%] 7 8 7 13 35
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