The Bihor county continues major investments for environment improvement

PRESS RELEASE – 23 December 2016

The Bihor County Council, as Beneficiary and the Ministry of European Funds, as Managing Authority for the Large Infrastructure Operational Program (POIM), concluded the Financing Contract for Phasing out the Integrated Waste Management System project in Bihor County, SMIS 2014+ 106554.

The project has a total value of 104,583,002 lei and is co-financed from the Cohesion Fund through POI 2014-2020 – Priority Axis 3 Development of environment infrastructure under conditions of efficient resource management, Specific Objective (OS) 3.1 Reduction of non-conforming deposits and growth Preparedness for waste recycling in Romania.

Through this important initiative, the Bihor County Council aims to continue investing in the solid waste management sector started through SOP Environment 2007-2013 and finalizing the components of the project in the second phase, including those related to service and supply contracts, namely the collection, treatment And waste disposal, as well as raising public awareness through an integrated awareness and information campaign to be launched in the first quarter of 2017.

The results assumed by the project until its completion date, September 30, 2018, are mainly the operationalisation of the built facilities, namely:

a waste-water treatment plant in Oradea, four waste sorting stations at Salonta, Beiuş, Marghita and Săcuieni; Three waste transfer stations at Beius, Marghita and Salonta plus a temporary storage platform at Ştei; The completion of eight non-conforming landfills at Oradea, Aleşd, Beiuş, Salonta, Marghita, Săcuieni, Valea lui Mihai, Ştei, as well as the acquisition, distribution and use of selective collection equipment and individual composting plants at the county level.

Through its objectives, the Bihor County Council’s project aims to solve the environmental and operational problems related to the generation, waste management and the development of an integrated waste management system, contributing to improving the quality of life for biologists. The final beneficiaries of this waste management project are county households (urban and rural population), social administrative institutions, and economic agents operating in the county, depending on the type of waste they produce.