Problems of institutionalization of waste management in Russia

Yulia V. Ermolaeva

Yulia V. Ermolaeva Kazan Federal University Federal Center of theoretical and applied sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Keywords: waste, ecological policy modernization, non-waste production, waste management, territorial schemes

Abstract

The article considers the current state of the waste management industry in Russia. The central issue is the problem of modernization and institutionalization of management schemes. The institutional, functional and social features of the waste management industry in Russia are considered in this article, based on the discourse analysis of legal and state documents in the sphere of environmental, economic and management control. The stages of the waste management problem formation, achievements and limitations of the modern vector of environmental modernization of the waste management sector are highlighted in the article.
The author came to the conclusion that the main obstacles to the non-waste management policy are: the content of the objectives of environmental modernization and their practical implementation in the “Clean Country” project, profitability barriers of technological and organizational support of the waste stream, the problems of unifying and harmonizing of regional schemes in the overall waste management conception.

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Author Biography

Yulia V. Ermolaeva, Kazan Federal University Federal Center of theoretical and applied sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Kazan Federal University Federal Center of theoretical and applied sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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