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How does the region leading the way in eco-tax payments – Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – spend the funds provided by polluters?
How does the region leading the way in eco-tax payments – Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – spend the funds provided by polluters?

At regional level, the most costly measures relate to the condition of water bodies and waste management plans

How much eco-tax revenue does the Kherson region receive, and what does it plan to spend it on?
How much eco-tax revenue does the Kherson region receive, and what does it plan to spend it on?

A series of events in Kherson is dedicated to the management of demolition waste – from sorting to recycling

The frontline region of Kharkiv has suspended its environmental programmes due to the war. Where is the environmental tax going?
The frontline region of Kharkiv has suspended its environmental programmes due to the war. Where is the environmental tax going?

The last time funds were allocated from the ONPS fund was for the disposal of incandescent light bulbs in 2024

Billions down the drain for a city under fire: environmental protection, Sumy-style
Billions down the drain for a city under fire: environmental protection, Sumy-style

In 2027, Sumy plans to renovate its storm sewer system at a cost of nearly 1 billion hryvnia

From sewage systems to nature reserves: how the use of the environmental tax has changed in Mykolaiv Oblast
From sewage systems to nature reserves: how the use of the environmental tax has changed in Mykolaiv Oblast

The most expensive initiative in Mykolaiv’s environmental program is the fight against ragweed

Wastewater and waste management are the most expensive expenses for Chernihiv Oblast, funded by the environmental tax
Wastewater and waste management are the most expensive expenses for Chernihiv Oblast, funded by the environmental tax

In Semenivka, a town on the border with Russia that is terrorized by enemy FPV drones almost every day, wastewater is being treated using environmental funds

Transcarpathia has become the champion of evading transparency in the use of the eco-tax
Transcarpathia has become the champion of evading transparency in the use of the eco-tax

Waste management initiatives rank among the leaders in terms of sales revenue

A petting zoo, green roofs, garbage trucks: how Khmelnytskyi Oblast spends its environmental tax revenue
A petting zoo, green roofs, garbage trucks: how Khmelnytskyi Oblast spends its environmental tax revenue

The renewal of the bus fleet in the regional capital is being touted as an environmentally friendly initiative

Metinvest paid 190 million UAH in environmental taxes in Q1 2026
Metinvest paid 190 million UAH in environmental taxes in Q1 2026

This is 15% more than during the same period in 2025

An environmental tax without environmental benefits: how billions quietly "disappear" into government budgets
An environmental tax without environmental benefits: how billions quietly "disappear" into government budgets

Funds are often spent on strange purchases, projects with no environmental benefits, and the creation of corruption schemes

Flower beds, sewer systems, trash: how Chernivtsi oblast spends its environmental tax
Flower beds, sewer systems, trash: how Chernivtsi oblast spends its environmental tax

Environmental fees in communities are used to remove dead trees and build sewer systems