In the past few days, a large attention of the foreign press is riveted to the fact that Russia does not fulfill the conditions of the “zero waste” program in the construction of the Olympic facilities.
Construction waste from the Olympic facilities directly…In health zones, creating landfills north of Sochi. This is despite the fact that Russia promised the cleanest games in the history of the Olympic Games. The representative of Greenpeace has already reported violations, and he noted that the power of Sochi apparently interprets “zero waste”, how to remove out of sight and forget.
Rural residents who complained about illegal landfills, all the time feed “breakfasts” that everyone will certainly close, but trucks continue to come and reset waste.
In 1996, the International Olympic Committee stated that the environmental protection would become the “third pillar” of the Olympic movement along with sports and culture. Vancouver Winter Games of 2010 were recognized as the first as a maintenance of this statement. London in 2012 established a new environmental responsibility plank using recycled materials in many of the construction facilities of the Olympiad.
Russia is not the first time being accused of non-compliance with promises relating to the ecology of the construction of Olympic facilities.