December 13 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's environment ministry said that the country has started works on a 4.8 million levs ($2.7 million/2.5 million euro) project for the recultivation of a defunct landfill in Pazardzhik municipality.
The purpose of the project is to lower the negative effects of waste treatment and disposal activities on the environment, the ministry said in a statement earlier this week.
The technical recultivation has to be completed within 10 months, while the time frame for the biological recultivation is three years.
Currently, a composting installation is under construction nearby, the ministry noted.
The Pazardzhik landfill is one of the landfills which led to the opening of an infringement case against Bulgaria by the European Commission.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)