The amount of the environmental fee that will go to the budget of the Russian Federation for the disposal of packaging and goods in 2021 will amount to about six billion rubles, said the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova at a meeting of the department's board on Tuesday.
“From 2018 to 2020, the eco-harvest has doubled. In fact, we are currently raising five billion with a plan of slightly more than three billion. And I think that by the end of the year we will collect another billion and hand over six billion to the treasury, ”said Radionova.
Eco-tax is one of the main instruments of pressure on manufacturers to stimulate them to produce recyclable goods and reduce the use of packaging. In the near future, the environmental tax standards for different types of goods should be revised so that producers of goods that cannot be recycled pay more.