St. Petersburg will bring wastewater treatment to 100% by 2030

In St. Petersburg, they plan to increase the treatment of all wastewater in the city to 100% by 2030. This was stated by the head of the city, Alexander Beglov, recalling that Earth Day is celebrated on March 20.

According to him, now this figure is 99.8%, which is one of the highest rates among the megacities of the world. The city on the Neva River also became one of the leaders of the national Environmental Well-being project, Beglov added.

"By 2030, the city plans to sort 100% of municipal solid waste and reduce landfill disposal by half to 50%," the governor explained, quoting 78.ru .

The Volkhonka complex is already operating in the city, which processes up to 600 thousand tons of waste annually. The Ostrovsky complex will be put into operation in the near future, and the construction of the Novoselki complex has also begun.

In addition, the modernization of the atmospheric air monitoring system has been completed in the Northern Capital. The number of stations has increased from 25 to 30. Round-the-clock monitoring has been increased to 23 indicators.

Earth Day is timed to coincide with the vernal equinox. This is a celebration of environmental safety and protection of the planet, necessary to draw attention to the importance of preserving natural resources for future generations.

Earlier it was reported that for the first time in Russia, a material was created that simultaneously extracts heavy metal ions and micro‑ and nanoplastics particles from water. The sorbent can be used as a filler in domestic and industrial cleaning systems.

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