The matters regarding waste management were discussed during the meeting of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan

The meeting of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan was held yesterday in Kazan. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, made a report on the problem of waste management. He acknowledged that the unified system of accounting of detected and liquidated landfills has been created in the Republic, i.e. geo-information system “Ecological map of the Republic of Tatarstan”, wherein all supervisory authorities are involved.During previous 10 months of this year, all supervisory authorities that carry out activity on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstanheld 753 legal entities and 364 sole entrepreneurs, as well as 2,270 officials and 3,225 individuals administratively liablefor violations in the field of waste management. Fines in the amount of 43 million 394 thousand rubles were imposed on the offenders, whereof 73% have already been collected.
According to the Minister, the draft law “On amending the Federal Law ‘On production and consumption wastes’ and other enactments of the Russian Federation regarding economic stimulation of activity in the field of waste management” is being prepared for the second reading in the State Duma of theFederal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Press Service of the Ministry