The “SMART City Kazan” platform will be considered a pilot project for realization of eco-construction principles in the Republic of Tatarstan. The new city will make it possible to develop educational, scientific and research, and business activity, to unite all the achievements in territory planning and “green standards” application.

Today, inspectorsoftheCentralTerritorialDepartmentundertheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstanconductedaraidtothesitesofseparate waste collection. Today, there are 27 equipped points in Kazan. Suchwastecollectionsystemwillallowtousecardboard, glassware,polyethylene as recoverable resources, which will significantly reduce the extent of waste without increasing its impact on the environment.

An offsite meeting of the Board of Directors ofОАО “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding” took place today in Kazan. The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov chaired the meeting. Theresults of the work of oil, gas and petrochemical complex of Tatarstanwere summarized for the first half of 2013, and the activity of the group of companies “Nefis” was viewed in detail.
TheMinisterfor Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov reported on the main ecological tasks aimed at decrease of man-induced impact on air, water and land resources.

OnSeptember 6, 2013, subjecttothedecreeoftheCabinetofMinistersoftheRepublicofTatarstanasof28.06.2013 under No.1127-р, the VIII Interregional Research and Practice Conference “Industrial Ecology and Safety” will be held in Kazan. TheeventisheldbytheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesof the Republic of Tatarstanin the framework of Tatarstan Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Forum 2013 and the VIII Specialized Exhibition “Ecotechnologies and Equipment of the XXI Century”.

       10 bags of garbage were collected by the group of sole mates, who came to have a rest and swim in Lake Goluboye, on the bank of the lake last weekend. Young people cleared the coast of bottles, packages, napkins and disposable tableware left by holiday-makers. The same campaign took place on the bank of Lake Glubokoye. This group of concerned people calls holiday-makers for solicitous attitude to the environment, for cleaning and putting garbage into packages and throwing them out where permission signs are displayed.

Today, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the conventional Oil Summit of the Republic of Tatarstan in Bugulma District of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin, heads of republican ministries, heads of municipalities, specialists of oil branch as well as the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov took part in the Summit.

In the course of theXXVII WorldSummerUniversiade 2013 n Kazan, great attention is paid to the ecological state of the city. In the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, 4 automatic stations for air pollution control are working on an ongoing basis. Moredetailsarebroadcasted by a TV channel“Russia. Tatarstan” “Environmental Patrol”.

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A large-scale tree-planting campaign is to start in autumn 2013 in Nizhnekamsk. It is planned to plant a record-breaking amount of fir-trees, birches, and aspens. Dozens of streets and precincts will be improved.