9, in the Kotayk region of Armenia, construction of a landfill for utilization of solid household waste will begin. On November 7 at the parliamentary hearings on the draft state budget of Armenia in 2019, Acting First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Vache Terteryan stated.

According to him, as of today, four companies from Iran, Great Britain, Lebanon and Greece have passed the prequalification stage of the tender for choosing a contractor. After studying all the packages, the winner of the tender will be determined, who will be engaged in the construction of the landfill.

At a meeting on June 8, the Armenian government approved a draft decision, according to which the Hrazdan community of the republic's Kotayk region will be donated land for construction of a solid waste landfill. According to the Acting Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia Suren Papikyan, this decision is based on the obligations assumed by Armenia under the loan agreement concluded with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. According to the agreement, Armenia undertakes to provide a site for the construction of a solid waste landfill in the city of Hrazdan. The landfill will serve the residents of 12 cities of Kotayk and Gegharkunik regions. The total cost of the program is 11 million euros, of which 5.5 million euros is a loan, and the same amount is a grant. Earlier, the Eastern European Partnership Fund for Energy Efficiency and Environment (E5P), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), provided Armenia with a grant of 2 million euros for the construction of a new solid waste landfill for the Gegharkunik and Kotayk regions of Armenia . The corresponding agreement was signed on June 30, 2016 between E5P and the Ministry of Finance of Armenia. The landfill construction program is the first EBRD project in the field of solid waste management in Armenia, and aims to promote the plans of the Armenian government to modernize the sphere and bring it in line with European standards. The works, in the framework of the program, started in December 2014. The EBRD provided a loan of ? 3.5 million, which, in turn, was supplemented by a grant of ? 3.5 million from the EU's investment partnership tool. Eight communities will be included in the solid waste management system, of which 7 are in the Kotayk region of Armenia and 1 in Gegharkunik. Already in 2016, the program was expanded with a sovereign loan from the EBRD in the amount of 2 million euros, which allowed the program to include all 7 communities of Kotayk, in particular, Hrazdan, Abovyan, Nor Hachn, Byureghavan, Charentsavan, Yeghvard, Tsakhkadzor, as well as 5 communities Gegharkunik – Sevan, Vardenis, Gavar, Martuni and Chambarak. The E5P grant of ? 2 million, which will complement the EBRD loan of ? 2 million, will be co-financed by the marshalling yards, the acquisition of trucks for collecting and transporting garbage, trash cans and other equipment and inventory. As a result, the total budget of the program will be 11 million euros.