On this page you can find information about the projects between Finland and Russia related to waste management and environmental education.
Sustainable Waste Management – Cooperation Project with Russian Federation was launched in November 2019, and it will continue until the end of 2021. The project is implemented by the Ministry of the Environment of Finland and financed by the Ministry for Foreign Resources. The project is realized in the close collaboration with the Ministry of...
Zero Waste City is unique training program provided by the Finnish City of Oulu, municipal waste management company Kiertokaari and Solved Ltd. The program introduces the waste management practices in the area and Rusko waste treatment centre in Oulu, which is an efficient waste processing site. Rusko site can also be presented as a pilot site, which can be...
WasteLess Karelias addresses the problem of littering and insufficient waste management facilities in rural villages in North Karelia and the Karelian Republic. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and companies to improve their waste management system and the rural living environment. We explore local waste situation and the perceptions, knowledge and potentials of waste...
Business in biotechnology and circular economy (Biocircular Business) -project contributes to cross border sustainable economic growth by supporting entrepreneurship and business cooperation in the fields of biotechnology and circular economy, where interface of reseach and business needs a special attention. New and fresh business opportunities will be created and cooperation between Finnish and Russian companies...
Cata3Pult (short for Finnish Russian PPP Catalyzing New Green Business) project is about connecting regional cleantech clusters to meta-cluster Finnish-Russian Green Net Alliance to jointly develop complex green business solutions for urban environment and decreasing of anthropogenic impact on the environment. Cata3Pult financing and budget: INTERREG SOUTH-EAST FINLAND-RUSSIA CBC 2014-2020 (80%), Governments of Cities of Lappeenranta,...
SUPER (short for Sustainability Under Pressure: Environmental Resilience in natural and cultural heritage areas with intensive recreation) project focuses on unique natural and cultural heritage sites found in the boreal landscape of Karelia and Finland: Kizhi State Open Air Museum and its buffer zone with more than 20 villages (UNESCO heritage site); Vodlozersky biosphere reserve and...
“NordCompostEd” is a project focused on awareness-raising and environmental enlightenment in relation to organic waste in pilot cities: Petrozavodsk, Kaliningrad, Saint-Petersburg, Helsinki and Copenhagen. The results of the project include an environmental awareness-building and creation of a basis for efficient organic waste management system through a network of relevant stakeholders, best practices exchange, a methodology...
AWARE (short for Against Waste: Activate Research and Education for increased environmental awareness) project aims at increasing environmental awareness of residents, administrators, businessmen, researches, teachers, students and schoolchildren of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Regional’s to enhance their knowledge, skills and capabilities for sustainable waste management. The lead of the project is LUT University.
The cooperation project of City of Savonlinna(lead partner) and its two high-schools (Savonlinna Lyceum and Art High School) and City of Saint Petersburg Vasilyevsky Island high-schools (32, 642, 586, 24) aims at developing cooperation in curriculum work and creating a common sustainability courses. The project focuses on natural science studies but also in other fields...
EcoSairila is a centre of excellence in wastewater and waste treatment, as well as circular economy and biogas production in Mikkeli, Finland, based on cooperation between the private and public sectors, utilization of raw material flows and RDI cooperation in the region, creating new business opportunities also internationally.
