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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation started to use the system of Earth remote sensing (ERS) from the space. The territory of Far East was chosen for the first space survey. According to the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy, methodology of remote sensing has a lot of advantages as compared to traditional scheduled inspections due to its objectivity and continuity.
Today, we are celebrating the World Day of Recycling. The event is mainly aimed at attraction of attention of state authorities, public and industrial structures to the problem of resource limitation, decrease in the cost of end products at the expense of the use of cheaper raw materials, and prevention of environment pollution.
Exhibition-installation “Metropolis” of an artist Vladimir Seleznev (Yekaterinburg) is held at the center “Hermitage Kazan”. Installation is a composition made of consumption waste, namely plastic and glass bottles, cardboard boxes and plastic package. In the daylight the composition looks like a pile of rubbish, but when the lights are out, when projectors illuminate the elements of installation covered with phosphorescent compound, we see the picture of illuminated city. Two lighting regimes demonstrate the contrast of what is real and what is delusive.
Today, at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, an agreement between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Buryatia was signed. The document on mutual cooperation was signed by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov and the Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Buryatia Bair Angaev.
From December 4 to December 7, 2013, the XIV International research-to-practice conference “Waste recycling” will be held in St. Petersburg. The aim of the event is to help regional, municipal authorities and business community to arrange the field platform on exchange of practical experience, data and information, to conduct negotiations on cooperation, and obtain scientifically grounded responses to threats and risks related to augmentation of waste production and environment pollution both in Russia, and in the world.