Attention! We accept applications for participation in the Eco-leader competition
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the start of accepting applications for participation in the republican contest "ECO-leader-2021". The most eco-friendly enterprises, educational institutions, public figures, citizens who are not indifferent to environmental problems, as well as journalists who have become real assistants to inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan during the year are invited to participate.
Works are accepted in the following groups and categories:
Enterprises, organizations and individual entrepreneurs:
- oil and gas industry;
- energy;
- construction industry;
- housing and communal complex;
- agro-and forestry industry.
Local self-government bodies:
- for achievements in the field of environmental protection in the territory of the municipal district;
- for achievements in the field of environmental protection in the city;
- for achievements in the field of environmental protection in the territory of a rural settlement.
Educational organizations:
- environmental education in preschool organizations;
- environmental education in general education organizations;
- environmental education in higher education organizations and organizations of additional education.
Public associations and citizens:
- public associations;
- citizens;
- people's control (dedicated to the State Information System of the same name).
Mass media:
- the best TV story;
- the best radio story;
- the best material of electronic media;
- the best publication in periodicals.
In the competition groups "Public associations and citizens" and "Mass media" there are cash prizes, in the other categories there are commemorative prizes and diplomas.
Applications for the competition are accepted until November 15, 2021. Summing up the results is scheduled for the IV quarter of 2021.
The event is held with the aim of preserving the environment, attracting public attention to environmental safety problems, as well as encouraging environmental protection activities of enterprises.
Phone number for inquiries: 8(843)2676811, for journalists-8 (843)2676822.
Accepting applications:
- organizations and individual entrepreneurs Anastasia.Merdyukova@tatar.ru;
- local self-government bodies, public associations and citizens Anisa.Mannapova@tatar.ru;
- mass media Safiullina.Gulnaz@tatar.ru.
The regulations of the competition can be found on the website of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan in the section "Activities of the Ministry" - "Conferences, competitions, support for SONKO": https://eco.tatarstan.ru/2021-5552029.htm
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Press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan
Leading Russian companies shared their experience in the field of environmental safety of production facilities
Friday, September 3, 2021
23 billion rubles have been invested in environmental protection measures over the past ten years, more than half of them are aimed at improving wastewater treatment, which has reduced the discharge of pollutants by 30 thousand tons per year (51%) over 7 years, while annual production has increased by 65%. Such figures were announced by SIBUR at the last All-Russian Scientific and Practical conference "Industrial Ecology and Safety" named after A. I. Shchepovskikh, which was held at the Kazan Expo. Galina Khristoforova, Head of Ecology at SIBUR, told about the key environmental projects of the largest petrochemical company in Russia.
"Reducing the environmental impact is one of SIBUR's main priorities. Specific environmental goals are fixed in the Strategy for Sustainable Development until 2025 – for example, reducing specific indicators for water consumption, discharges and emissions of pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the share of waste disposal and the share of "green" energy," the speaker explained during her speech.
She also noted that today the company invests in the modernization of industrial capacities and operates environmentally friendly technologies. For example, by the end of 2021, the construction of treatment facilities and the reconstruction of flare systems in Kstov and Tomsk will be completed.
Another project that aroused the interest of the conference audience is being implemented at SIBUR-Neftekhim in the Nizhny Novgorod cluster and is aimed at the useful use of CO2 emissions.
"Our technology produces raw CO2. Now the issue of transferring the carbon dioxide that is discharged into the atmosphere to the production of a marketable product – one hundred percent food CO2 is being worked out. The project will be completed in 2022 and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the enterprise by 7%, and the impact on atmospheric air by 4%," added Galina Khristoforova.
Representatives of the TANECO complex also shared their vivid experience of environmental safety of production. Experts noted that one of the main achievements of the company this year was the complete return of treated wastewater to production with zero consumption of fresh water. This also made it possible to completely stop the discharge of sewage into the Kama River.
"The closed cycle of water consumption is aimed at involving resources in the circular economy with minimal impact on the environment and corresponds to two sustainable development goals: "Clean water and sanitation" and "Transition to rational models of consumption and production", within the framework of the UN global compact, to which Tatneft joined in 2019," the conference participants added.