OREANDA-NEWS. August 15, 2011. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Mykola Zlochevskyi welcomes intention of heads of regional state administrations which with an advancing of the plan want to clear the regions from unsuitable pesticides.

"In this year we are going to clear completely from pesticides and herbicides 12 regions of Ukraine. - Minister marks. - Our initiative is supported by all heads of regions. Except for our means, which we have allocated from the State ecological fund, heads of regional state administrations find means in local budgets to accelerate process. We have managed to inspire people to clear the area and to report about it to the President".

The Ministry is allocated 175 million UAH in 2011 on full clearing of 12 regions of Ukraine from unsuitable pesticides and herbicides for use. From the territory of Ukraine it will be taken out 11 thousand tons of insecticide which is planned to utilize in Poland and Germany. In particular, unsuitable pesticides will be collected and taken out from Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpatia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lugansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne regions and АR Crimea.

Volyn, Chernivtsi, Ternopil regions and Sevastopol were cleared from unsuitable pesticides in 2010 year.

Unsuitable pesticides were accumulated in various storages and dumps in all territory of Ukraine since Soviet times.