KIEV, Nov. 18 – Swedish companies Ecoenergy and Biogasprom have started building a facility in Donetsk which will burn garbage to generate heat and electricity.

The construction site is located in a industrial zone in the city, which is 1.5 km from the nearest residential houses and close to an operating electricity substation, reads a posting on Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukianchenko's Web site.

The facility, which is to be launched in 2012, will employ 70 people.