MOSCOW, July 29 Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of creating a list of various recycled products for public procurement, but the head of state stressed that in this case it is important expertise that would guarantee the quality of such products.
The idea of including recycled products in public procurement was voiced by one of the participants in the plenary session of the forum «Strong ideas for the new time» of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
«You are right, we need to expand opportunities for the sale of relevant products, and public procurement is very important here. The government has such an instruction. I just remind you of this. This list of various products that should be included in the list of public procurement, it must certainly be worked out and «approved so that public procurement takes place, so that it is mandatory. But one component is very important here — we need an expertise that would guarantee the quality of these products so that they are not harmful to human health, and so on and so forth,» Putin said.
He also recalled that the Russian authorities are immersed in waste recycling issues, for example, there are eight environmental technology parks where you can take land «virtually free» for the construction of processing enterprises, also for such purposes concessional loans are available.
During his speech, Putin also mentioned that there is a children's cartoon on the topic of waste management. “In my opinion, there is such a cartoon for kids called Garbage Toad. The toad uses this garbage, eats it and then grows something. It’s a very good thing.