Two years ago, there were 135 refuse containers on the territory of the Krynychanska municipality of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, from where waste was taken to the dump heap. Everything changed after the municipality participation in the environment and educational project competition by U-LEAD. Now there is an entrepreneur, busy with collecting wastes and the locals are aware of recycling, and environment protection is highlighted for children at the local kindergartens by superheroes.               

Viktoria Trotsenko, ex-employee of the Krynychanska settlement council executive committee and since 2021 a decentralization and local self-government counsellor of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme, highlights the environmental project, introduced by the municipality, and the outcomes the municipality can boast.