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2023: Disposal of industrial waste in Russia decreased by a third over the year. Regions

The volume of industrial waste disposal in Russia decreased by a third in 2023, despite the general increase in their generation. This became known in August 2024.

According to data provided by the analytical service of the audit and consulting network FinExpertiza, in 2023 Russian enterprises generated a record 9.3 billion tons of waste, which is 3% more than in 2022.

According to FinExpertiza, the bulk of industrial waste in Russia falls on the mining industries, which in 2023 generated 8.7 billion tons of waste. The lion's share of this waste, more than 90%, belongs to the most low-risk fifth hazard class. Despite this, their huge volumes continue to have a negative impact on the environmental situation in the regions. The bulk of waste is formed by stripping operations in the extraction of minerals, which account for 7.6 billion tons of waste.

According to FinExpertiza, among the regions with the largest volume of industrial waste, it traditionally leads, Kemerovo region where 4.08 billion tons of waste were produced in 2023, which is 44% of the total volume in Russia. They follow, and Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk Territory Sakhalin Oblast which also remain among the main pollutants.

The reduction in waste disposal was made possible by active work on waste disposal and recycling. In particular, about 40% of the total volume of overburden was returned to the production cycle, which made it possible to use this waste for the construction of roads, hydraulic structures and reclamation of developed quarries. As a result of such measures, the total mass of buried waste in Russia in 2023 decreased to 1.6 billion tons, which is a third less than in 2022.^[1]

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