Landfill of hazardous medical waste in Russia quickly eliminated

In the Kirov district of the city of Perm, near the second household on the street Towing, before he was discovered illegal dumping of hazardous medical waste, which experts have attributed to the hazard class "B", indicating the epidemiological hazardous waste.



Representatives of Department of an accomplishment of administration of the Kirov district, confirmed this fact and explained that its area was 25 square meters. Among the wastes found were syringes, organic material, typical for surgery, protective mask, as well as the packaging of the medicines. According to representatives of city administration, all this lay in the availability of children, games which such things presented a serious risk of Contracting various diseases.

The Prosecutor's office of Perm, the representatives of which arrived at the landfill site after the first reports of its discovery, to identify those who dumped hazardous waste in unauthorized places, are unable. The investigation of the offence continues, and in this direction is a large-scale work. As of today, from the Prosecutor's office only received the order for the administration of the Kirov district, about the need for the elimination of landfill in the period to may 1 of the current year.





Instruction in the administration has implemented almost immediately, though, according to the head of profile Department Marina Moiseeva who work with hazardous waste, is not a task of the administration, and her expertise lies in only household hard work. But given the danger posed by this landfill, it was decided not to seek a responsible and quickly resolve the issue. Utilities immediately checked the availability of spare parts for balkancar forklifts, if necessary, to carry out repairs, and promptly plunging the waste into the truck, sent them for recycling.

Source: zeleneet.com