Results of the ecology year in the Russian Federation (assessment of regulatory tools)[Итоги Года Экологии В Российской Федерации (Оценка Инструментов Регулирования)]

Purpose. Analysis of the public authorities’ results of the Russian Federation and Sverdlovsk region in the field of environmental protection in the year of ecology. The study notes that environmental risks of the new technological order have increased many times, and pollution of water bodies and air, depletion of natural resources and waste growth have become global problems. Environmental protection is one of the policy priorities of any modern state. Methods. The official reports on the state and protection of the environment, the views of the authorities and experts using a systematic approach are analyzed. Results. It was revealed that the dynamics of reducing water pollution is stable; there is no positive dynamics in the treatment of waste and emissions into the air. At the same time, due to insufficient costs and inadequate use of tools, the level of environmental tension remains high. The year of ecology has not achieved the expected results. However, for the long run, in the year of the environment the programs and projects, which in a few years may be the growth points of environmental policy, can be instigated. They are the law on ecological gathering, the ONF project “Interactive map of landfills”, implementation of the priorities of separate waste collection and inclusion of the indicator on BAT implementation in the national project “Ecology”. Scientific novelty. The assessment of various directions of environmental policy is given: the degree of efficiency of existing tools is defined; recommendations on their improvement are developed.