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A stinking business. Environmental issues, protests and big money in the waste business in Russia. OSW Commentary NUMBER 284 | 27.08.201

Rogoża, Jadwiga (2018) A stinking business. Environmental issues, protests and big money in the waste business in Russia. OSW Commentary NUMBER 284 | 27.08.201. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    In recent months, Moscow oblast has seen a series of social protests against environmental problems caused by municipal waste landfills. The waste disposal sites are overloaded, lack adequate safeguards, emit toxic gases and contaminate the groundwater with harmful effluent. The situation is most severe in Moscow oblast because the capital city generates the largest volumes of waste; however, the problem itself extends beyond environmental concerns into the economic and social spheres. Waste management in Russia is marked by notorious overloading of legal waste disposal sites and the emergence of illegal waste dumps, inadequate waste disposal practices leading to air pollution and groundwater contamination which affect local residents, and bad practices by businesses with links to President Vladimir Putin which have monopolised the waste collection sector.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Russia
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) > OSW Commentary
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 14 Sep 2018 14:41
    Number of Pages: 8
    Last Modified: 14 Sep 2018 14:41
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/94392

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