The campaign “Collect used batteries — save the planet” was held at the municipal budgetary secondary educational establishment “Vocational school No. 27 with lessons in Tatar” in 48 Esperanto str. of Vakhitovsky district of Kazan. The event was organized with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Pupils of the 4th form collected more than 2,000 pieces of used batteries. The pupils were told about the necessity of collection, correct recovery and processing of such wastes.
The event is aimed at distribution of ecological knowledge in the young generation of the Republic, and fostering of careful attitude to the natural resources and the environment.
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.