Petrochemistry as a tool for making metropolitan cities greener

On September 16, Mikhail Sutyaginsky, head of the Group of Companies «Titan», Chairman of the Delovaya Rossiya's Committee on Chemical Industry, Biotechnology and New Materials — presented solutions for greening large cities at the plenary session «The future of the chemical complex: investments, innovations, ecology» as part of 7th Moscow International Chemical Forum.

The Russian Chemists Union and Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade organized this largest sectoral forum. The forum became key feature of agenda of prestige industry specific event — 22nd International Exhibition «Chemistry-2019». Plenary session was opened by Alexander Orlov, Director of the Department of Chemical-Technological Complex and Bioengineering technologies of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

In his speech Mikhail Sutyaginsky focused on efficient solutions in the field of petrochemistry which will favor greening of large settlements.

He reminded the audience that emissions of motor vehicles are the main source of pollution in cities with intense traffic. To reduce these emissions specialists of the GC «Titan» developed a comprehensive program «Clean air formula», five module of which the company is ready to adapt to the needs of regions of the Russian Federation. «Clean Air Formula» is based on the principles of «green» chemistry, which implies gradual replacement of non-revewable hydrocarbon reserves with renewable vegetable resources.

«The project provides for the transfer to eco-friendly gasoline components (ETBE) and creation of eco-friendly car care products based on isopropyl alcohol to minimize impact on the environment», explained Mikhail Sutyaginsky.

The «Clean Air Formula» project also provides for the modernization of operating petrochemical production facilities with transfer to power- and resource-saving technologies. Mikhail Sutyaginsky emphasized commitment of the GC «Titan» to objectives set by the National project «Ecology» and reported that the largest petrochemical enterprise of the GC «Titan» «Omsky kauchuk» plant is about to sign four-way agreement with the Ministry of Trade, Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Use and Government of Omsk region.

Taking into account importance of environment protection issue in development of petrochemical complex, next meeting of sectoral committee at venue of Delovaya Rossiya headed by Mikhail Sutyaginsky will be devoted to the topic of greening of industrial enterprises and metropolitan cities.

Mihkail Aleksandrovich invited the participants of the meeting scheduled for 11:00 AM on September 26 to take part in the discussion and present their projects and solutions aimed at the improvement of ecology in Russia.

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