In Volyn, more than 583 tons of banned and unsuitable pesticides are being stored and require disposal, of which 64 tons are liquid, belonging to waste of various hazard classes. The state of their storage and disposal was discussed at the weekly meeting in the regional state administration.
In accordance with the regional environmental program "Ecology 2010," they intend to dispose of, first of all, liquid pesticides by the method of containerization with conversion to a solid state. The chemical agents neutralized in this way are proposed to be used for the construction of non-residential premises. The approximate cost of eliminating one ton of these chemical agents is about 14 thousand hryvnias. Therefore, to neutralize only 64 tons of liquid pesticides, 960 thousand is needed, and to dispose of 583 tons, 8 million hryvnias are needed. According to the participants of the meeting, this problem is receiving inadequate attention in the region. According to Deputy Governor Vasyl Baitsym, the regional department of ecology is lacking in initiative. After all, to this day its specialists have not submitted a single application for participation in European projects regarding the neutralization of harmful substances.