Plastic waste, fuel from waste (RDF-fuel) and cement kilns in the Russian Federation

According to the info from the Ministry of Natural resources of Russia, in the territory of Russia in 2020 48,4 million tons of solid municipal  waste was generated.   

Out of this the amount of decontaminated SMW in 2020 was about 1.4 million tons (3), the amount of SMW buried at landfills in 2020 was about 36,0 million tons.

This report relates to the Sustainable Development goals 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 16.

Special thanks to Dr. Olga Speranskaya, the EECCA Regional Hub Eco-Accord, and to ECOSPES, for their important contributions to the development and finalization of the project.