"The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is trying to draw a clear line between agrochemicals and animal by-products" - Oleg Lityaykin

Oleg Lityaykin explained why a new law on livestock by-products (LBP) was adopted . According to him, since 2020, Rosprirodnadzor began to closely monitor compliance with various standards. First of all, this concerns the availability of licenses and the loop of obligations that arose when handling manure and litter as waste.

- We managed to solve this problem, but there are still issues that we are now finalizing and trying to give them an unambiguous interpretation. We are now trying to draw a clear line between agrochemicals and LLP, so that there is an unambiguous interpretation, an unambiguous law enforcement develops. Until the end of the year, we will try to do everything, if not finish, then at least put it in the direction that will lead to the final result, - said Oleg Lityaykin.

Addressing the audience of the webinar, the expert emphasized that the documents should not confuse fertilizers and LLP. First, based on the norms specified in the law. Secondly, the new OKPD, which was introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture , differs from the OKPD, which has organic fertilizers based on animal origin.

The speaker also drew attention to the fact that recently the Ministry of Agriculture has been holding many joint meetings with Rosprirodnadzor. And very often the agro-industrial complex begins to be reproached for the fact that a lot of waste is generated in agriculture.

- When we start to understand, very interesting things turn out. It is clear that there are a lot of interesting things in the classification catalog of waste, including waste from sorting seeds of wheat, rye, and grain. We explain to them that this cannot be. All this is not thrown away and does not harm the environment. This is all used within enterprises. I would like to draw attention to this, including how to fill in the relevant documents. And do not invent what is actually considered waste, - summed up Oleg Lityaykin.