Zhytomyr region — latest ecology news
![170 hectares of forest in the Polissky Reserve to be destroyed](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_613926908-500x333.jpg)
Firebreaks according to the Soviet approach are ineffective, as the systematic large fires in the Chernobyl zone proved
![The discharge of wastewater into the Zhytomyr River caused 22 million hryvnias worth of damage](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1B69BD4B-F3A3-45C6-B076-FB7DFDE1FEFC-500x313.jpeg)
Measures are being taken to compensate for the damage caused
![Sewage was poured into the river in Zhytomyr: dangerous compounds were found in the water](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shutterstock_1018935391-500x331.jpg)
The detected excesses are not characteristic of runoff from the streets
![Poachers brutally killed a pregnant moose in the Zhytomyr region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_1788919157-500x333.jpg)
Police investigate illegal hunting
![Fishing will be prohibited in two regions of Ukraine for 3 months](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1250545537-500x300.jpg)
During the ban, they will strengthen the protection of water bodies
![Zhytomyr wants to become the first green city of Ukraine: achievements and plans](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A2A878C4-FC0C-4732-9B75-01A52C0AA774-500x313.jpeg)
In Zhytomyr, numerous projects on thermal modernization of residential buildings and objects of social infrastructure were implemented
![A criminal case was opened in Zhytomyr region for dumping sewage into the Teteriv River](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/4AE6C067-6231-4DB3-9A35-DFDC04F3F97F-500x313.jpeg)
The Teteriv River is the source of Zhytomyr's drinking water
![The first waste processing plant in Ukraine was launched in Zhytomyr](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_1586735467-500x333.jpg)
This is the first waste processing plant in Ukraine built with the money of private investors
![Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions became the leaders of the week in terms of scale of environmental violations](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_1935297605-500x334.jpg)
Over the course of a week, environmental violators voluntarily and forcibly compensated more than 1.4 million hryvnias of damages
![Saves lives during the war: a SPP was installed for a hospital at the expense of benefactors in Zhytomyr region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MyCollages-4-500x281.jpg)
When the city was left without electricity for 30 hours, everything at the hospital worked as usual
![A schoolboy from Zhytomyr developed a rain generator](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_2135682731-500x282.jpg)
It was possible to assemble the installation for only 300 hryvnias from materials at hand
![A hospital converted critical equipment to solar energy in the Zhytomyr region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/898FCDB6-6D95-48DD-A4A1-EB9B293B5170-500x313.jpeg)
RES provides uninterrupted power supply even during fan or emergency power outages