Volunteers with the support of Norilsk Nickel collected more than 200 tons of garbage in Nikel

About 208 tonnes of waste were collected within 11 days by the volunteers of the federal Clean Arctic ecological project and the volunteers of the World Tree Camp set up with the support of the Norilsk Nickel company, the Prime Sponsor of the project. The large-scale cleaning campaign took place at five locations in Nikel. The volunteers cleaned the areas and also took part in landscaping them. To improve and equip the future children’s playground, they had to dismantle some old garages and abandoned buildings, and bring in 300 tonnes of soil. Three tonnes of waste were collected at the Rodnik (Spring) site, and five tonnes were collected in the area of the Kolosjoki River near the Sobachka (Dog) Hill; a bridge was also built across the stream, the main bridge was painted, and information boards were installed. The work was carried out around the Kola super-deep well and about 20 hectares of land were prepared to be landscaped along the Sopka (Hill) 555 tourist trail.
According to Andrey Nagibin, a member of the federal headquarters of the Clean Arctic project, the results of the cooperation between business, government and volunteers are already seen in the Murmansk Province. “We are confident that the contribution of the Nornickel’s World Tree Camp and the Clean Arctic project’s volunteers will not go unnoticed by residents,” he said.

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MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper. The company also produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium and other products.

The production units of Norilsk Nickel Group are located at the Norilsk Industrial District, on the Kola Peninsula and Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia as well as in Finland.

MMC Norilsk Nickel shares are listed on the Moscow and on the Saint-Petersburg Stock Exchanges, ADRs are accepted for trading on the Saint-Petersburg Stock Exchange.

Norilsk Nickel fully supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Company considers social responsibility and commitment to the principles of sustainable development as one of the pillars of operational efficiency and business development. Nornickel seeks to continuously improve its activities in the areas of environmental protection, human rights, health and safety, environmental impact assessment, and biodiversity preservation. The company spent RUB 221.5 billion on SDG-linked projects in 2021.