"Recycling is no longer an option, but a necessary condition for a healthy environment", 21 November 2017

After Armenian Environmental Front published an article on construction of new landfill in Armenia, it wrote an open letter to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Fund (EIB) and EU Neighbourhood Investment Facility calling to include the component of waste recycling in the landfill construction project...European Investment Bank has responded to our letter.

..."The Yerevan Solid Waste Project concerns the construction of a sanitary landfill, closure of the existing unsanitary landfill and the implementation of waste diversion measures in the capital of Armenia and surrounding regions, serving a population of 1.9 million."

..."To address your environmental sustainability concerns more specifically, we take this opportunity to clarify that the project comprise a waste diversion component that may include separate collection equipment, recycling centres, material recovery facility and composting facility. The scope of this component is still under discussion with the Municipality of Yerevan."

...It is clear from these replies that our concerns expressed in our research are not groundless and that the most important component in this landfill construction project fulfilled with grants and loans, i.e. waste recycling component, may be absent, since this component is currently under discussion with the municipality. The energy generation from landfill gasses is also under question.