On the territory of the region, right in the field, a dump of rotten potatoes was discovered. Violations of environmental legislation were detected in the village of Rameshki, Molokovsky municipal district. The spoiled tubers were taken from a local potato storage facility.
The regional Ministry of Natural Resources noted that rotten potatoes belong to the fourth hazard class waste and cause serious harm to the environment. The amount of damage caused amounted to one million rubles.
To date, the offender has completely liquidated the landfill. The fertile soil layer in this place has been restored.
The storage capacity for vegetables and potatoes in Russia is about 8 million tons
These are the data on the possibilities for storing their products by agricultural producers that were voiced by the Union of Participants in the Potato and Vegetable Market (Potato Union). Some of the storage facilities today...