Investing in waste management: regional dimension and an environmental and economic feasibility study

The purpose of the work is to substantiate the expediency of investment in the sphere of waste recycling in Russia, and also to offer practical recommendations contributing to activation of the investment process. As a result of research of structure and dynamics of a parity of formation, recycling, neutralization and disposal of production and consumption waste the urgency of development of ecological enterprise and attraction of investments into the sphere of waste processing is argued. The necessity of use of wastes as secondary raw materials arises from definition of their competitiveness and profitability in the oversaturated market of wastes. The expediency of investment in the sphere of waste management is also caused by the growing volume of waste burial, which damages the ecology of the country. The analysis of the current state of investments in the fixed capital aimed at protection of environment from harmful influence of production and consumption wastes has shown that such volumes of investments are insufficient for liquidation of consequences of "rubbish" crisis. As a result of the study, practical recommendations were proposed to increase investment activity in the sphere of waste management.