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From September 15 to October 17, 2020 the youth ecological movement “Will be clean” will hold the IV Republican online competition “EQUEST”.

Currently the registration of the participating teams is in progress on the portal until September 14, 2020.

Detailed information on conditions of participation and the procedure for holding the competition is given in the Regulations on the IV Republican online competition “EQUEST”.

The current state of the treatment system has more than once led to an excess of pollutants in wastewater discharged to the Karatai river. An increased content of ammonium, nitrites, phosphates was recorded. The damage caused to the water body was estimated by ecologists at 2.2 million rubles. Now, within the framework of the order of the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the specified amount should be directed to an environmental measures.

140 caring residents of Kazan cleared the territory of the Derbyshkinskiy forest. As a result of the event, 1.8 tons of waste was collected, including: 44 plastic bags, 1 metal bag, 71 glass bags, 513 kg of large waste, as well as such large waste as a TV and refrigerator.

The third holiday in a row pleased the residents of Buinsk with ecological master classes, interactive classes and competitions aimed at drawing attention to current environmental topics. Both children and adults took an active part, enriched their baggage of ecological knowledge and skills and became owners of ecological and souvenir products.

5,401 appeals have been received by the Republican Public Ecological Reception since the beginning of the year.

1,998 of them - through the mobile application “School Eco-patrol”.

The Zakamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal about littering of the land plot with oil bitumen waste. During the survey, it was found out that the waste oil sludge was placed in a concrete pit, resulting in an overflow spill onto the soil. An administrative investigation was initiated against the perpetrator under Part 1 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. The case materials were also transferred to the Department of Internal Affairs of Nizhnekamsk.

Large retail chains plan to unite efforts in the field of environmental education of the population in the Republic of Tatarstan. The possibility of implementing joint projects was discussed today by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology, representatives of commercial structures shared their experience of the work carried out in the field of instilling eco-knowledge and good habits, talked about the most striking implemented projects.

Pupils and teachers of secondary schools, lyceums, gymnasiums and institutions of additional education of the Republic of Tatarstan are invited to participate. The purpose of the event is to popularize and inform the population about the implementation of the national project “Ecology”, as well as to attract the attention of young people to solving environmental problems in the republic.

In the “Clean water” section:

- Kalayda Marina Lvovna - Professor, Head of Department “Aquatic Bio-resources and Aquaculture” of Kazan State Power Engineering University;

- Zakirov Rustem Kayumovich - Associate Professor of the Department “Industrial Biotechnology” of Kazan National Research and Technological University;

- Minibayev Azamat Ilshatovich - Assistant of the Department “Thermal Power Plants” of the Kazan State Power Engineering University.

Topical issues related to the need to implement the principles of a circular economy, improve energy efficiency and environmental safety in waste management, were discussed today during the XV All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference named after A.I. Shchepovskikh “Industrial Ecology and Safety” at the section “Circular Economy, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Safety in Waste Management”.