Beglov launched the work of a new MSW processing complex

The Ostrovsky waste recycling complex has started operating in the Pervomaiskoye settlement of the Vyborg district of the Leningrad Region. The launch command was given by the Governor of St. Petersburg‑Alexander Beglov of St. Petersburg and Alexander Drozdenko, head of the Leningrad Region, the Smolny press service reported.

"Working within the framework of a single agglomeration, we have introduced today the most modern waste recycling complex in Russia," Beglov said at the ceremony. He stressed that St. Petersburg was ahead of schedule fulfilling the president's instructions within the framework of the national project "Environmental well—being" - to send 100% of municipal solid waste for processing, halve the volume of landfills, and recycle 25% of waste.

The Governor emphasized that during the design and construction of KPO Ostrovsky, the exceptional requirements of environmental safety were strictly observed. Inert sorting residues are placed in such a way as to prevent harmful substances from entering the soil, and surface wastewater is diverted to sewage treatment plants.

The capacity of KPO Ostrovsky is 600 thousand tons of waste per year. 95% of the equipment is of domestic production. The complex includes a sorting plant with four MSW processing lines and a tunnel composting plant with 24 tunnels for the production of technogrunt from the organic fraction.

Denis Butsaev, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, and Alexander Dvoinykh, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy, also took part in the ceremony. In addition, Irina Tarasova, General Director of the public law company Russian Environmental Operator (REO), attended the launch.

Beglov thanked Drozdenko, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and all those who participated in the implementation of the project. According to him, the complex has become a significant contribution to environmental protection and economic development of the unified agglomeration of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as modern production will provide additional jobs and new opportunities for the development of the territory.

The governor of the Leningrad region called the complex "a good example of the implementation of the president's instructions." He asked "colleagues from the government of St. Petersburg" to allow guided tours of the complex for schoolchildren and representatives of public organizations "to show what modern recycling is." "We want to implement the high quality standards set by NEO in our region," Drozdenko said.

Deputy Minister Butsaev, in turn, noted that St. Petersburg has "come a long way" in recent years — the amount of garbage handled has increased many times. At the same time, the region, according to him, has achieved "extremely significant success" at all stages of processing and disposal. "St. Petersburg‑The St. Petersburg agglomeration has once again confirmed its leading position in the field of environmental protection," Butsaev emphasized.

In addition to processing, the company will also recycle organic waste and produce alternative fuels, the General Director of REO recalled. More than a thousand jobs have been created at the facility. "The complex will also become a powerful positive social driver of the region's development," Tarasova said.

KPO Ostrovsky is the second modern full—cycle enterprise built jointly with the Leningrad Region and the unified Nevsky Environmental operator. In 2022, the Volkhonka complex began operation, which was brought to full capacity two years later. The next KPO, Novoselki, is scheduled to open in 2027. In total, five complexes are planned in the structure of the Nevsky Ecological operator, built at the expense of the budget of St. Petersburg.‑St. Petersburg.

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