The work of «StekloSouz» as part of an interdepartmental working group on issues of reducing the volume of production and consumption waste

By order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia dated March 29, 2022 No. 230, the interdepartmental working group (WG) on the issues of reducing the volume of production and consumption waste entering waste disposal facilities, the transition to a circular economy and the application of the extended producer responsibility mechanism in terms of goods and packaging from glass and amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia dated December 17, 2021 No. 965 included specialists from the Committee on Ecology of the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia:

- Alexey Savin, Chairman of the Committee;

- Sergey Lukyantsev, Deputy Chairman.

At present, the experts of the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia have prepared proposals for the draft Roadmap "Steklo" (DK "Steklo") to the Government of the Russian Federation on the introduction of separate waste collection, the transition to a circular economy and the application of the mechanism of extended producer responsibility in the disposal of packaging and goods from glass.

On April 28, 2022, a scheduled meeting of the interdepartmental WG was held, at which the leaders of the StekloSouz Ecology Committee made proposals.

At the moment, the Presidium of the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia approved additional proposals for the meeting of the interdepartmental WG on May 11, 2022 on the issues of reducing the volume of production and consumption waste entering waste disposal facilities, introducing separate waste collection, switching to a circular economy and applying the extended responsibility mechanism manufacturer in terms of processing and disposal of packaging and glass goods under the chairmanship of the Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the field of production and consumption waste management A.N. Fedotovsky.

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