"Ecology and Technologies" Ecological Forum and Exhibition opened in Ufa

Today an ecological forum and a specialized exhibition "Ecology and Technologies" have opened at VDNKh-Expo in Ufa. More than 40 participants from six regions of Russia and China presented their expositions there.

“The environmental agenda is crucial to all of us. This is the main challenge for humanity. It is very pleasant that there is an opportunity to bring together Ufa government officials, experts, scientists, and entrepreneurs who work in the field of ecology. We in the republic are systematically and progressively solving environmental issues. In a little over two years, we began to create an infrastructure for working with solid household waste. We began to address the issue of sorting, recycling, etc. Therefore, today, it will be interesting to see the best practices that exist in our large country. The exhibition presents expositions of several enterprises that are very actively working in the field of environmental safety. We will have a pleasant event today. One of the largest enterprises in Bashkortostan, Polief, will launch a large project in the field of alternative energy. The company has built a modern solar power plant, which we will put into pilot operation. It is one of the stages of the great work that Polief is doing in the field of ecology,” Radiy Khabirov said at the opening of the exhibition.

The Head of Bashkortostan and the First Deputy General Director for environmental projects of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Environmental Operator" Maxim Pogodin signed an agreement on cooperation in terms of eliminating objects of accumulated environmental damage in the republic.

Radiy Khabirov also examined new samples of municipal equipment and the expositions of the exhibition. General Director of Polief JSC Evgeny Semenko spoke about the investment project for the production of "green" PET granules, aimed at collecting recyclable materials and involving them in the production of products on the territory of Bashkortostan.

In production, it is planned to use about 34 thousand tons of secondary raw materials annually. At present, the number of collected PET bottles in the region is 4,000 tons per year. According to expert estimates, the potential volume maybe 20 thousand tons per year.

Radiy Khabirov also got acquainted with the expositions of regional MSW operators and invited representatives of the company, who demonstrated the project of an automated complex for the municipal solid waste processing with a capacity of 450 thousand tons per year, to one of the  Investment Hour sessions. The project is planned to be implemented as part of one of the future eco-technoparks.

The Head of Bashkortostan visited the stand of Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat. At the production of technical sulfur with a capacity of 60,000 tons per year, hydrogen sulfide-containing gas will be utilized (processed) to produce technical sulfur. Reconstruction of wastewater treatment facilities of the petrochemical giant will reduce the number of harmful emissions by 39 percent.

The exhibition also features Ufa children's ecological and biological centers, a platform for projects "Young Urban Ecologist", projects for the improvement of parks and adjacent territories.

Author: Azat Gizzatullin