Russian president Vladimir Putin instructed to provide for a waste management system at tourist sites within the boundaries of specially protected natural territories, including a ban on the use of plastic dishes and the organization of separate garbage collection.
In particular, the president instructed the government to ensure the elimination of accumulated environmental damage and the purification of the environment in specially protected natural areas from production and consumption waste.
The government and the State Council were also instructed to ensure "the creation of an effective management system for such waste at tourism facilities located in specially protected natural areas, including a ban on the use of plastic dishes, bags and other non-degradable solid municipal waste, the organization of separate collection of such waste for further processing."
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
