- Russian law places recycling burden on manufacturers: Since 2015, Russian law has required manufactures to either manage the waste disposal or recycling of their products’ packaging or pay a tax of 1.5%-4.5% of volume production costs. Given the lack of a waste sorting system in Russia, most companies opt to pay the tax. However, Coca-Cola announced in 2016 that it plans to collect 40% of its products’ packaging by 2020.
- Low awareness and motivation impedes recycling: The system allowing for the collection and sorting of waste from domestic households is still rather immature in Russia. The sorting of waste is still not a widely recognized approach in the daily routines of most Russians. Thus, the mentality of most Russians remains one of the most difficult obstacles to the creation of the waste-processing and recycling infrastructure.
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