29.04.2021.
Today, the representatives of the Fund visited the Waste Management Centre (WMC) Bikarac that is still works in progress. The project is worth HRK 245 million and the financing was provided by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, the European Cohesion Fund, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, and from the Šibenik city budget.“The construction of the waste management centre is a complex project which could not be implemented without the assistance from the State. That is why the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund earmarked almost 46 million kunas for the project and we provided expert assistance. The works are carried out in line with the expected dynamics, and while Bikarac will be the third centre to be constructed in Croatia, it will be the first one in Dalmatia,” said Maja Feketić, the head of the EU Funds Sector at the Fund.
The main part of the grant in the amount of HRK 175 million was provided from the European Union Cohesion Fund, with the HRK 24.5 million contribution from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development and the Town of Šibenik.
“In five months, Šibenik will become one the first towns in Croatia with an integrated waste management system, in accordance with the sustainable development principles,” said the mayor of Šibenik, Željko Burić, during the visit to the Centre Bikarac with the director of the utility company Robert Podrug, the head of the Sector at the Fund Maja Feketić, and the mayor of Šibenik-Knin County Goran Pauk.
According to the latest data, Bikarac accepts around 73 thousand tonnes of waste, of which more than one half is municipal waste. “When WMC Bikarac starts operation, we will finally be able to process and utilise the waste,” said the director of Bikarac, Rober Podrug.
The mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) plant will have the capacity of treating up to 70 thousand tonnes of waste per year. The by-product of this type of municipal waste management will be usable sorted waste fractions, such as paper, plastics, metal, glass, while the stabilised biodegradable waste will be landfilled. Some of the by-products include RDF (refuse derived fuel), solid recovered fuel or SRF that is used in power plants or cement plants, and biological waste compost.
