Regional Law No. 171/2001-OZ “On industrial and consumer waste”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Moscow Document type Legislation Date 2001 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Solid waste Waste prevention Recycling/reuse Environmental audit Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of industrial and consumer waste management with a view of preventing negative impact upon human health and natural environment, and also for the purpose of waste prevention, resource conservation, recycling of waste and reuse of recycled materials. Regional administration and local government shall keep and update state register of waste. Regional Government shall perform the following functions in the sphere of waste management: (a) validation of state programs; (b) state supervision; (c) validation of territorial scheme of waste management, including solid domestic waste; and (d) validation of rules regulating the activity of the regional operators in the sphere of waste management. Authorized regional state institution in the sphere of waste management shall perform state supervision in the sphere of waste management in businesses and economic entities subject to state environmental audit. Full text Russian Website zpp.rospotrebnadzor.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 95/2016-OZ amending Regional Law No. 171/2001-OZ “On industrial and consumer waste”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Waste management, Waste domestic sources, Solid waste Source: FAO, FAOLEX