PNRR-funded facility will serve around 1,400 residents, cutting illegal dumping and lifting recycling rates in the commune
Optim Project Management has completed the construction, as general contractor, of a new voluntary waste collection centre in Chirpar, Sibiu County. The project, delivered through Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), is now finished, with handover to the local authorities complete.
Built from the ground up, the centre includes:
- A road-surfaced platform for the ab-roll containers and vehicle access
- A concrete platform for the cabin-type containers
- Drainage for rainwater collection, plus a green area with lawn and perimeter planting
- A canopy on a lightweight steel structure to protect the open containers
- Perimeter fencing with a manually operated sliding gate
- A weighbridge, new electrical connection and transformer station
- A full set of containers — cabin-type, refrigerated, hazardous waste, compactor, walk-in and SKIP/ab-roll — plus an oil separator, two mobile staircases, lighting poles and CCTV
The centre will serve the commune's roughly 1,400 residents and is expected to handle around 32 tonnes of waste a year, with half of it recycled. It gives the area a proper waste collection service where none existed before and should significantly reduce rubbish being dumped in local streams.
Alexandru Ionita, Operations Manager at Optim Project Management, said:
"Works are complete and handover with the authorities has taken place. That's down to a brilliant team who kept it moving from the first road to the last camera. It's the kind of facility people rarely notice until it's there, quietly doing its job. Getting that right is exactly the work we enjoy."
