Waste paper in Russia

Every year the Russian Federation produces about 12 million tons of paper waste. Meanwhile, all our recycling plants can process only 5 million tons of paper waste a year, and we export just 2 million of waste paper, so it's easy to work out that 5 million are left with nowhere to go.

The thing is, we have no separate waste collection, which means paper waste simply never reaches the recycling companies and goes straight to landfills along with all the other waste. But the state believes that nobody in the Russian Federation is interested in recyclables, and as for the fact that in recent years alone various businesses have bought special recycling machines able to process about a ton of paper a year, well, they must just have money to burn.

To successfully deal with this problem, we need to introduce processes in the near future that make it possible to collect waste paper separately from other trash. Such a step would yield several tons of paper for recycling every year. Naturally, this will have a positive effect on the ecology and the environment.

And while the Russian government is thinking about how to put all this into practice, anyone can take their waste paper to one of the recycling drop-off points, which are easy to find at http://recyclemap.ru. Please be so kind as to share this information with your family, friends and acquaintances. Let's help the planet together!