Waste management peculiarities in far north from the perspective of environmental hazard and emergency prevention

Abstract

The paper considers the peculiarities of waste management in the system of housing and communal services of the northern regions of Russia in the conditions of permafrost and harsh climatic conditions. The authors have studied the topical issues from the point of view of preventing environmental hazards and emergencies of manmade character. Thus, the aim of the present study was to develop scientifically substantiated proposals for the prevention of environmental hazards and emergencies in the regions of the Arctic zone, as well as adjacent territories of the subjects of the Russian Federation, caused by man-made impact of waste. The conducted research with conclusions and recommendations according to its results are carried out on the basis of the developed forecast and within the framework of the chosen scenarios of development of the situation with waste management on ecologically vulnerable territories. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the following scientific and applied tasks have been solved: a systematic analysis of the hazardous waste management situation in the Far North; identification of dangerous environmental factors and threats, which may contribute to emergencies with irreversible consequences for the environment, population and economic development of the Arctic; scientific justification of proposals for the prevention of technospheric impact of waste through the transition of regions to resource-saving The results of the study can be used in the development and updating of concepts, federal target, regional programs in the field of environmental security, prevention of man-made emergencies in the process of life support regions of the Far North, the northern part of Siberia, the Urals, the Far East.