Russian enterprises generated a record 8.45 billion tons of industrial waste in 2021. About author “Kommersant” refers to the data of the audit and consulting network FinExpertiza.
“This figure is 21.5% higher than the 2020 figures and 9% higher for 2019. 60% of the waste comes from the coal industry and 28.4% from the extraction of metal ores.”
The largest increase in waste was recorded in the Kemerovo region, which exceeded 873 million tons per year. Krasnoyarsk Territory took second place with a result of 150.2 million tons. Buryatia closes the top three with an annual increase of 83.3 million tons of waste.
The publication noted that the least “dirty” areas in production at the end of 2021 are the production of non-metallic mineral products, water supply and waste disposal.
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