Under a ‘Green Cities’ program, the EBRD is extending EUR 35 million in loans and grants to help Lviv solve its garbage problem

Under a ‘Green Cities’ program, the EBRD is extending EUR 35 million in loans and grants to help Lviv solve its garbage problem. After a fire killed four people two years ago at the city’s main landfill, other regions refused garbage from Lviv, threatening the city’s booming tourism industry. Now, EBRD money and matching city funds will pay for building a EUR 25 million municipal recycling plant. The money from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development also will go for rebuilding the landfill, Gribovitsky.