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Modern, bright, fresh and clear. Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan and the creative association “Tatarmultfilm” examined the presentation of environmental issues for children in a new way. The fruit of joint efforts - 2 educational publications for eco-classes: notebooks for 1st-graders “Green Path” and a manual for 5-graders “Green Tatarstan”. 102 specialized eco-classes of the Republic of Tatarstan were presented today to journalists in the Tatar-inform news agency.

Polyethylene and waste paper was found in the water protection zone of the Bezymyannaya River in Leninogorsk. The environmental compliance raid was carried out by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and officers of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Leninogorskiy district. Specialists recorded the fact that waste was disposed on the soil, and they also discovered an unauthorized pump installed on the river for water intake.

Since the beginning of the year, 7,937 appeals have been received by the Republican Public Reception Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Today, schoolchildren are the most active environmentalists. 58% of the total number of messages came from them through the School Eco-patrol mobile application. According to the People’s Control system, ecologists examined 856 messages, 1,089 notifications were received via WhatsApp, Telegram, Eco.signal, and Hotline. 1,416 appeals were received at personal receptions of citizens and through the reception of the Ministry.

An expanded meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting examined innovative technology for the use of “Eco Tracer +” markers in the environmental protection complex. The principle of the technology is based on introduction of a portion of the marker into the object of observation, such as a well, places of temporary placement of oil sludge, solid waste storage facilities and others, followed by sampling in places of water use.

Today, the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Coca-Cola System in Russia signed an agreement on development of a culture of separate accumulation and collection of municipal solid waste, according to the official website of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The document was signed by the Head of the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the CEO of Coca-Cola HBC Russia, Aleksandar Ruzhevich.

The document suggests that Kazan will be the first city in Russia to use the Zero Waste City concept as part of Coca-Cola's “World without Waste” global strategy.

A landfill with an area of ​​850 square meters was found by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, together with employees of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Leninogorskiy district. An administrative case has been initiated under part 3 of article 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.

A fine - for failure to comply with the instructions of the inspectors. The Justice Court of Yutazinskiy district issued a decision in respect of the Urussinskiy enterprise, which did not take measures to eliminate environmental violations in a timely manner.

Re-inspection showed that the order was not fulfilled, for which an administrative protocol was drawn up for the enterprise in accordance with Part 1 of Article 19.5 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. By the end of the year, violations must be eliminated.

A seminar on topic “On Procedure for providing, on a competitive basis, subsidies from the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan to Socially-oriented Non-profit Organizations in the field of ensuring environmental safety” was held today at the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan. Within its framework, Tatyana Leontyeva, Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan for Social Policy and Charitable Activities, and Olga Artemyeva, Head of the Department of Environmental Education and Interaction with Public Organizations of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan, told the representatives of public organizations how to submit and fill out an application, describe the project, and introduced the list of documents required to participate in the Competition.

Students from abroad visited the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan on the first day of the WorldSkills Championship. Students from Germany and China plunged into the working days of Tatarstan ecologists.

From August 19 to September 2, the second international summer school of the German-Russian Institute of New Technologies “Smart Cities” of Russia: a look into the future! is held in Kazan. This year, Russian students - students of KNITU-KAI, KFU and KSPEU, also became part of the project. One of the key tasks of the school is to obtain theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of ecology and protection of urban environment.

An eco-lesson at the “Source of Hope” children's rehabilitation center in Arsk was conducted by specialists of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan together with activists of the republican youth movement “Will be clean”.

Pupils of the center were introduced to the principles of separate garbage collection, and breaking into teams, they consolidated the knowledge gained in a game form and created environmental advertising.