MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. Russia should launch the mechanism of extended responsibility of producers for waste and package disposal this year, President Vladimir Putin said in his annual State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly.
"The ‘polluter pays’ mechanism must operate in full measure in the waste handling sphere also, to support the transition to the so-called ‘closed-cycle economy.’ To this end, it is necessary to put into operation the mechanism of extended responsibility of producers and importers for goods and package disposal as early as this year," the head of state said.
The head of state also suggested that environmental payments transferred to the federal budget should be allocated for environment restoration. Such money "should be purposefully allocated for curing accumulated damages and making the environment healthier," Putin added.