Landfill of mercury lamps was discovered by ecologists in Almetyevskiy district

5 November 2019, Tuesday

A large batch of waste of the 1st hazard class was discovered by ecologists on the territory of the garden society in Almetyevskiy district. 6 cubic meters of mercury, fluorescent lamps dumped onto the soil on the area of ​​26 square meters. Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan initiated an administrative investigation against unidentified persons under Part 3 of Article 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Violation shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine of up to 500 thousand rubles.