Regional Law No. 1896-OZ “On regulation of some relations in the sphere of management of industrial and domestic waste”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Orel Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Policy/planning Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Waste prevention Hazards Environmental audit Waste management 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 1 January 2016. Abstract This Regional Law delimits plenary powers between regional state bodies in the sphere of management of industrial and domestic waste. Regional executive body in the sphere of waste management shall have the following plenary powers: (a) elaboration and realization of regional programs in the sphere of waste management, including solid domestic waste; (b) regulation of solid domestic waste management; (c) establishment of the rates of solid domestic waste storage; (d) organization of separate collection, transport, recycling and disposal of solid domestic waste; and (e) regulation of operators in the sphere of waste management. Regional executive body in the sphere of environmental protection in relation to waste management shall have the following plenary powers: (a) prevention of disasters originating from waste management and mitigation of the consequences thereof; (b) elaboration and application of waste prevention programs; and (c) state environmental supervision through application of environmental audit to waste management. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru