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As part of the educational project "Citizen-scientist", a master class "How to take water samples from a spring?" will be held in Kazan today in the forest of Russian-German Switzerland. Everyone can take part in it, and our leading specialist of the Central Department of the Laboratory of the GBU "Scientific and Production Association for Geology and Subsoil Use of the Republic of Tatarstan" Aigul Zakirova will analyze its composition together with the activist of the community "Protection of Kazan Switzerland" Anton Bortyakov.

Every week we introduce you to new participants of our #GoodnessRelay.  Today we will tell you about Yulia Timarina. She is the first winner #GoodnessRelay and is the best and the most active participant. However, in one case, the woman did not stop and continues to do good deeds. This time, the Timarin family collected garbage, took care of flower beds and watered plants. More than 1000 Tatarstan citizens have already seen their good deeds. They not only actively participate themselves, but also attract kindergartens, friends and relatives to participate, because one of the rules of the marathon is to do a good deed - pass it on to another!

According to the information received about the unauthorized disposal of waste in the Aviastroitelny district of Kazan, inspectors of the Central Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan carried out a field visit. During the survey of the territory near the gardeners' non-commercial partnership "Chaika", the storage of construction waste on three land plots was revealed.

Applications for the V All-Russian competition of the best regional environmental practices "Reliable Partner-Ecology" are being accepted. Any enterprises, educational institutions (except universities) and non-profit organizations can take part in the competition.

Today we will show you how inspectors of the Central Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan, together with employees of the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, conduct operation "Clean Air". Since the beginning of the operation, 2,300 vehicles have been checked in Tatarstan, excess emissions of pollutants were detected in the exhaust gases of 66 vehicles. Vehicle inspection takes place on the main highways, checkpoints and enterprises. Look how it was!

Within the framework of the project "Recycling School: Electronics" from July 10 to 14, waste of electronic and electrical equipment was collected in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny and the Kama Estuary. Budgetary institutions and organizations have handed over more than 13 tons of electrical waste. All the collected machinery and electrical equipment for subsequent processing will be sent to the Mordovian Ecological Combine.

A fascinating eco-lesson about indoor plants was conducted by inspectors of the Zakamsky territorial administration of the Ministry in kindergarten No. 93 "Elluki" of Nizhnekamsk. Ecologists introduced children to a variety of useful indoor plants. They told what benefits flowers bring and how to take care of them. For example, geranium and aloe help with headaches, and sansevieria helps in the treatment of colds. At the end of the lesson, the inspectors held a game and showed the children the cartoons "The Journey of the seed" and "The life of a plant from a seed to a flower". Young environmentalists received memorable prizes and, of course, positive emotions.

From July 7 to July 14, two automatic air pollution control stations out of five in Kazan recorded the excess of the maximum permissible concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the atmospheric air.

On September 1, 2022, amendments to the Federal Law "On Personal Data" came into force. Now operators must notify Roskomnadzor about the beginning or implementation of any processing of personal data. Exceptions are cases when the data is processed in order to protect the security of the state and public order, transport security, or if the operator processes the data exclusively without automation.

During the monitoring of the Leninogorsk district, inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan revealed unauthorized storage of construction waste in the Staroshugurovsky rural settlement. The total area of clutter was 10208 sq.m., the volume of the landfill was 10208 cubic meters.