OREANDA-NEWS. Saint Petersburg has become the first city where Gazprom Neft has begun to install containers for the collection of hazardous consumer waste as part of its program.

Eco-boxes have been installed at five Gazpromneft gas stations in Vyborgsky, Nevsky, Kirovsky, Moskovsky, and Petrodvortsovy Districts. It is planned to equip ten more stations with eco-boxes in Russia's northern capital before the end of 2013. Thus, the company is helping city residents preserve the natural environment by providing them with a growing number of locations for the disposal of hazardous waste.

An eco-box is a compact metal container divided into separate sections for mercury thermometers, energy-saving light bulbs, and batteries—all items that commonly appear in residential waste and become hazardous when disposed of together with other garbage. The eco-boxes are constructed so that fragile items do not shatter when they enter the containers. Thus, eco-boxes are safe for both people and the environment.

A specialized organization provides service of the containers, which involves unloading and transporting their contents for disposal in compliance with all the applicable safety rules.

The eco-boxes are being installed at Gazpromneft gas stations as part of a municipal project entitled "Let's make the world cleaner," which is being implemented jointly with the Committee for Natural Resources Use, Environmental Protection, and Ecological Safety of the Saint Petersburg City Administration.

Eco-boxes are located at Gazpromneft gas stations in Saint Petersburg at the following addresses:

Pridorozhnaya alleya, d. 28;

pr. Obukhovskoy oborony, d. 303;

ul. Desantnikov, d. 21;

Dunaisky pr., d. 29;

Sankt-Peterburgskoye shosse, d. 130/1.