Seven years of "garbage reform": citizens are ready to sort waste, but the state is not
Seven years after the launch of the "garbage reform," 59% of those surveyed by VTsIOM reported sorting their waste. Sixty-one percent had no waste sorting facilities near their homes.
What the survey on waste management reform showed
Six out of ten (59%) citizens in a VTsIOM survey stated that they or their family members sort household waste. This follows from analytical review VTsIOM, timed to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the start of the reform of municipal solid waste (MSW) management.
It's not entirely clear, however, how they do this, as 61% of respondents reported that there are no sorting facilities within walking distance of their home.
Who sorts waste most often?
The trend for separate waste collection is supported primarily by zoomers and older millennials (69%), residents Moscow и St. Petersburg (70%) and cities with a population of over a million (68%).
In small towns, villages and towns, 65% to 79% report the inability to sort waste.
Regional projects and the government's position
NeMoskva wrote about how waste recycling projects are being curtailed in Russian regions: for example, in Perm after eight years of work closed the region's first project for separate plastic collection. But there are also positive developments: for example, in Kazan arranged A park and playground, the elements of which are made from recycled plastic. This is a project by one of the management companies, which decided to introduce the habit of waste separation.
The authorities are open recognize The failure of the "garbage reform": officials at various levels are talking about corruption and the senseless waste of billions. Meanwhile, the head of the State Duma Committee on Ecology Dmitry Kobylkin indirectly He accused in this Russians: according to him, "Nobody wants a waste processing or incineration plant built nearby.".
