Victoria Abramchenko announced the program of the Ecology Day at the RUSSIA EXPO

On Friday, January 26, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko will take part in events within the framework of the Ecology Day at the RUSSIA EXPO.

Visitors to the exposition will be able to take part in environmental quizzes, attend screenings of documentaries, listen to lectures on conscious consumption, as well as win a trip to Lake Baikal, certificates to visit eco-trails and ski-passes of the Krasnaya Polyana resort, as well as other valuable prizes.

According to Victoria Abramchenko, the opening event with the participation of business representatives and regional leaders will be the plenary session Investments in Ecology - Investments in the Future.

The participants will discuss the environmental achievements of business and the introduction of new technological solutions that significantly reduce the anthropogenic load on the environment. Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that today due to the national project Ecology millions of citizens have already felt the results of the removal of unauthorized urban dumps, cleaning of water bodies from garbage and modernization of industrial enterprises in cities.

The business program of the Ecology Day consists of several expert panels and pitch sessions. They will be held in Pavilion No. 75. Representatives of companies and regions will discuss the transition to a closed-cycle economy, reduction of emissions into the atmospheric air, subsoil use projects and disposal of objects of accumulated harm. Representatives of such companies as Russian Ecological Operator, Rosatom, Sibur, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Severstal, Surgutneftegaz, Norilsk Nickel, EVRAZ and many others will take part in the discussions.

On Ecology Day it will be possible to test ecological transport. Near the Prirodograd Pavilion, the Evolute plant will present four eco-cars produced in the Lipetsk region.

A plastic recycling laboratory will also be open throughout the day at the Prirodograd Pavilion. In addition, children and adults will be welcome at numerous masterclasses and lectures dedicated to conscious consumption. The educational program will be held in such pavilions as House of Polymers, Rosneft, Sber, Atom.

Guests of the exposition will be able to take part in cultural and sporting events. For example, ecological quizzes and documentary film screenings are organized. Pavilions House of Polymers and Sport for Everyone will host tournaments with a basketball made of recycled plastic.