Moldova Plans to Expand Waste Sorting and Recycling Nationwide

The Ministry of the Environment has once again raised the issue of separate waste collection

Cleaner towns and villages, separate waste collection and wider use of recycled packaging. The projects that will bring about these changes were presented by Grigore Stratulat, State Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment, at the annual conference on EU enlargement up to 2026, as part of the session entitled ‘A Greener Moldova: Transport, Energy, Climate and the Cost of the Transition’.

Gregory Stratulat

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Stratulat emphasised that the National Environmental Fund should support an increasing number of environmental protection projects, using resources accumulated through environmental charges and taxes.

“In the near future, we will amend the legislation on environmental charges and taxes and draft a new law that will facilitate the accumulation of resources in the National Environmental Fund and enable us subsequently to invest these funds in environmental projects,” said the secretary.

One of the priorities is to expand waste collection and recycling services across the country. Funding has been secured for the first three regions, whilst the necessary studies are being prepared for the other three, including the municipalities of Chișinău and Bălți. The aim is to enable people to sort their waste and to ensure that more materials are recycled.

The launch of a packaging deposit scheme, fully funded by contributions from producers, is planned for 2027. Thanks to this scheme, people will be able to return packaging and receive the deposit paid at the time of purchase.

At the same time, the ministry is preparing a project on the safe management of hazardous waste, said Grigore Stratulat.

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.

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