The Government of Petersburg showed how the hazardous waste treatment plant would look at Red Bor. According to the city authorities, the factory will not pollute the atmosphere.

The Petersburg Administration prepared a presentation on the concept of the future Processing factory Hazardous Wastes on the Red Bor polygon. Smoln emphasized that the plant would in no way harm the environment.

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To ensure environmental monitoring of emissions, the project provides for a system for continuous monitoring of the pollutant content of the exhaust gas at the plant, as described in the presentation.

The technology in which waste will be recycled at the plant will involve subsequent recycling. Waste will burn in a rotating oven. As a result, the weight and volume will be reduced by 80 to 90 per cent. Gases that occur in the incineration shall enter the quadrant treatment system. It will establish a measurement set to control the composition of emissions. They'll also build a wastewater treatment plant at the plant.

Previously, it was reported that in January 2016, the Committee on Environmental Management, Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety would announce a 3 billion-billion-billion-brack tender for the construction of the plant.

The Red Bor polygon is located in the Tosne region of Leningrad, 30 km from Petersburg and 4, 5 km south-east of Colpino. The polygon was built in 1969. Red Bor is one of three polygones in Russia (two in the Kalius region and Krasnoyar Krai) where the most poisonous waste of the 1-2 hazard classes can be located, but it has long exhausted its resources.

The launch should be an alternative to the existing Red Bor polygon, which regularly falls under the radar view for environmental and epidemiological violations. Non-compliance with recycling technologies has already led to a massive fire once, after which the polygon closed. Later, it was opened and then closed again by court order.