In 2017 introduced a new economic mechanism based on the responsibilities of producers and importers of goods and packaging to dispose of them after the loss of consumer properties, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

“From January 1, 2017 prohibited the burial of waste, which contain useful components to be recycled. The list of such types of waste set by the Government of the Russian Federation “, – said in a statement.

As the head of Ministry of Natural Resources Dmitry Donskoy on a conference call on the formation of the waste management system, in fact it will be forbidden the burial of most types of waste.

“The law introduces a new economic mechanism based on the obligation of manufacturers and importers of goods and their packaging disposed of after the loss of consumer properties – the so-called extended producer responsibility. This creates a closed-loop waste management, bringing them back into economic circulation and eliminating dumping “, – the press-service agency.

The report notes that each year the elimination of accumulated environmental damage, especially waste, will come more than 2 billion rubles, as well as means of ecological collection. In 2017, funds from the environmental charge will be no less than 1 billion rubles. Also, funds for the construction of new facilities provided in a number of federal and regional programs, but according to Don, it is necessary to involve primarily private investors.

The Minister also noted that the new requirements create conditions for the formation of a new sector of the economy – industry waste