The first contract, signed with the Romanian consortium INOVECO S.R.L. and Compania de Consultanță în Energie și Mediu S.A., calls for the design and construction of waste transfer stations in Nișcan and Nisporen. The contract is worth 3.2 million euros, and the project is scheduled to take 16 months.
How the transfer stations will operate
The transfer stations will receive waste collected from communities in the region. At the facilities, the waste will be compacted and loaded into high-capacity containers for further transport to the waste management center, where it will be sorted and recycled.
Environment Minister Gheorghe Hazder noted that the transfer stations are not intended for long-term waste storage. According to him, this infrastructure is designed for the reception, compaction, and onward transport of waste.
Each station will be equipped with truck scales with a capacity of 60 metric tons. The plans also include hydrocarbon separators, leachate collection systems, and administrative offices for staff.
The second contract was signed with the Czech company ELKOPLAST CZ, s.r.o. It provides for the supply of containers, plastic bins, and metal containers for construction waste.
The contract is valued at 2.3 million euros, and the equipment is to be delivered by the end of December 2026.
The contract includes:
– 3,000 plastic containers with a capacity of 1.1 m³;
– 100,000 plastic bins with a capacity of 120 liters;
– 1,000 plastic containers with a capacity of 0.66 m³ for glass collection;
– 40 metal containers with a capacity of 7 m³ for construction waste.
Project Funding
Both contracts are part of the “Moldova Solid Waste” project, which is financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and E5P grants.
The Ministry of the Environment coordinates the project’s implementation through the National Directorate for the Implementation of Environmental Projects (ONIPM).
For Waste Management Region No. 5, the new facilities are intended to become part of an organized waste collection and transportation system. However, the ministry’s press release does not provide information on the launch date of the waste management center itself, to which waste from the transfer stations will be sent.
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