The International Forum “Ecology” will handle issue of household and industrial wastes

Governance of the project “St. Petersburg – sea capital of Russia” decided to exceed the scope of water topic of the International Forum “Ecology” including issues of solid waste in the business programme of the Forum. Widening of the business programme is driven by the fact that wastes are became one of the most important ecological problems. Volume of the produced wastes which have negative impact on the human health has increased.

In particular, in the framework of the Forum implementation of the FL N 458 will be discussed. Main demand of the document is to conserve modern tariffs on the waste disposal and selection of regional operator for a term of 10 years. This operator will be assigned with function of collection, treatment, detoxification and burial of municipal solid waste. Mikhail Slipenchuk, deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on Natural resources, noticed that this law was absolutely indispensable. “Before we didn’t have industrial sphere of waste treatment in Russia because we are used to consider litter as a dump. Meanwhile, under condition of correct approach waste recycling can earn profit”.

March 3, in the framework of the International Forum “Ecology” several sections concerning this topical issue. Two parallel working sections will be dedicated to problems of industrial and municipal solid waste, separated round table to using of waste as recyclable materials. In the framework of the programme prospects of the economic mechanisms concerning waste burial and their recycling will be discussed. Forum participants will consider tasks aimed at legislation advancement in sphere of waste treatment. Great importance will be attached to order of licensing activity on waste treatment.