Issues of legislation regulation of waste management in the Arctic region of Russia

• Main Author: V. A. Makov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: LLC Center for Information and Legal Support for the Development of the Arctic 2019
• Subjects: the arctic; ecology; waste; pollution; waste management; environmental legislation; international cooperation; Geography (General); G1-922; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24411/2658-4255-2018-00007; https://doaj.org/article/be5d4d3c870e408dbd3fa4708c76ae79

Accumulation of household waste on specialized and unauthorized landfills is an important problem in the Arctic and the Far North. The solid waste disposal system in the country, based on burying (dumping), burning, recycling, does not fully meet the climatic and socio-economic features of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. . The article presents a study of the improvement of legislative measures in the field of solid municipal waste management with respect to the specifics of the northern regions of the country.