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Plastic and Plastic Waste in Russia

Sunday, 13 February 2022 - 1:09pm

This country situation report from Russia analyzes the state of the plastics market, from production to imports and exports, with special focus on the plastics waste markets, where toxic chemical additives are recycled along with base plastic types. It concludes with a summary of how the extended producer responsibility principle works in Russia.

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COVID-19

Changes in Environmental Legislation in the Russian Federation during COVID-19

Tuesday, 5 October 2021 - 2:37pm

This review, available in Russian and carried out by the NGO Eco-SPES, provides official statistical information on incidence of COVID-19 cases in the Russian Federation in 2020 and excess mortality figures, including data from independent researchers.

Several sections of the review contain information on development of environmental legislation in Russia in the 20th - early 21st century, including legislation on matters of environmental expert appraisals, environmental impact assessment (EIA), and management of production and consumption waste.

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Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Country Review: Production and Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Russia

Thursday, 7 May 2020 - 12:09pm
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EECCA

EECCA Regional Meeting Held in Volgograd, Russia

Sunday, 01 September 2019

From 19 – 20 August, 2019, the IPEN Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) Regional Workshop was held in Volgograd, Russia. The workshop was conducted by Eco-Accord - the IPEN EECCA Regional Hub, and by "Volgograd-Ecopress" Information Centre.

The workshop participants discussed activities of IPEN member-organisations and civic organisations of Volgograd, Volzhsky, Rostov, Saratov, and Krasnodar, that deal with addressing complex issues of safe waste management, access to environmental information, and public participation in decision-making on matters of environmental significance. IPEN activities at the international level were presented, as well as specific projects of the Network's member-organisations in different countries and their participation in IPEN global campaigns.

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Air Pollution

The problem of clean air in Chelyabinsk is submitted for wide discussion.

Thursday, 30 May 2019

https://newdaynews.ru/chel/663220.html

Note: this article has been translated to English using Google Translate and thereafter edited for English discrepancies. 
In Chelyabinsk, a round table discussion will take place considering issues of interaction between the public, regulatory bodies and industrial enterprises to ensure the purity of the atmospheric air.

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Asbestos

Асбест вызывает рак. В России его все равно добывают и используют в строительстве

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

https://meduza.io/feature/2018/06/20/asbest-vyzyvaet-rak-v-rossii-ego-vs...

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Mining

Support Needed to Help Stop Ongoing Environmental Mayhem in the Urals

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

In the nearest future, we expect a major and important event for all of us - the First Conference of the Parties of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. We invested a lot of effort into the development and promotion of the Convention. We congratulate all people who facilitated the event by their work, knowledge and devotion!

The Minamata Convention on Mercury prioritises environmental considerations over interests of global businesses used to pursue their financial gains in a resource-based economy that ignores environmental effects. It is not only associated with banning primary mercury extraction from global deposits, it also deals with tightening control over different industrial operations, particularly with extraction and processing non-ferrous metals ores, that are accompanied by uncontrolled releases of many tons of mercury into the environment.

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POPs

Eco-Accord report: New Persistent Supertoxicants and Their Impacts on Human Health

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

IPEN Participating Organization Eco-Accord has released a new publication entitled "New Persistent Supertoxicants and Their Impacts on Human Health." It was prepared and published as a collective monograph and a survey in the relevant and developing field of eco-toxicology and analytical chemistry of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

The monograph provides an introduction into the problem of analysis, monitoring and human health impacts of persistent organic pollutants listed in the Stockholm Convention on POPs, since 2009.

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Lead in Paint

IPEN / Eco-Accord lead paint data presented on Russian leading TV show "HEALTH"

Thursday, 28 April 2016

On 24 April a leading Russian television program called "HEALTH" was focused on the negative health effects of lead, including those from lead in paints. Data received by IPEN / Eco-Accord project in Russia was presented.

Watch the progam (Russian) here

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Mercury Hot Spots and Mercury Waste in Nizegorodsky District, Russia

This projects bythe Russian environmental NGO ‘SPES,’ in collaboration with IPEN EECCA Hub ‘Eco-Accord’ and another Russia NGO ‘DRONT’ (see separate IMEAP report for parallel activities undertaken by DRONT on mercury from used fluorescent lamps), focuses on investigation of and awareness-raising about the mercury pollution sources in the Nizegorodsky district of Russia and on starting a broad outreach campaign on mercury pollution sources and mercury health risks thro