The Government of the Russian Federation approved the draft amendments to the legislation on waste prepared by the Ministry of Construction.

Next week, the document will be sent to the State Duma. This June 6, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Construction, head of the interdepartmental group for control over waste management reform Andrei Chibis.

The document provides for the introduction of a preferential tariff for separate collection of garbage for households and allows them to sell recyclables to processors. Chibis explained that the separate accumulation in the project means "storing generated waste in separate containers for further processing". The places of collection, neutralization and accumulation of wastes will have to meet sanitary and epidemiological requirements.

According to the bill, households will not need to license their waste management activities, they can directly enter into contracts with transporters and processors for the sale of recyclables. If citizens only collect separate waste, they will be offered a reduced tariff for the service for waste management. The increase of this tariff above "economically justified level for other consumers is not allowed". The obligation to pay for a new utility service will appear after the start of the regional operator's operation of waste management - a month before, the fee for housing maintenance "is subject to a reduction in the amount of payment for garbage disposal".