Future ecological specialists were told about the principles of safe waste storage
15 November 2015, Sunday
A new landfill of solid domestic waste complying with the ecological requirements was visited by students of the Institute for Ecology and Nature Use under the Kazan Federal University. The tour was organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and devoted to the annual World Recycling Day. Future ecological specialists were told about the construction of the landfill of solid domestic waste “Vostochny”, familiarized with the modern waste burial technologies after deep sorting and bricketing. The places for waste storage were equipped with special water-proof film, which allows to propel to the next level the safety of burial excluding penetration of hazardous substances into soil and subsoil waters.
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.