Kazan Mayor supports the initiative of residents of houses on Professor Kamaya St., who collected 190 kg of plastic

Outdoor furniture, navigation signs, and sports equipment made from recycled plastic will be installed in the yard in the Privolzhsky city district. Residents of houses on 3, 5, and 7 Professor Kamaya Street collected 190 kilograms of recyclable materials and transferred them for recycling. They joined the renovation program of their houses, and decided to improve their yard together with the property management company. Ilsur Metshin inspected the progress of the work in these houses and supported the initiative of the residents. He promised that those residents who collect plastic will receive it back in the form of small architectural forms.

The head of the district administration, Albert Salikhov, told Ilsur Metshin that residential buildings on 3, 5 and 7 Professor Kamaya Street were built in 1971 and 1972, among the first in the Gorky residential area. Today, they are undergoing renovation. In house 3, the front, heating, drainage, cold water supply and electrical systems are being updated. The basement, entrances and roof are also being repaired. In house number 7, the front, basement, entrances, heating, water supply, and sanitation system will be renovated. Four new lifts will be installed as well. Two more were replaced last year. These lifts, of domestic production, meet all safety standards and are equipped with energy-efficient equipment. They are also equipped with Braille buttons.

While working in one of the entrances of house № 3, the builders removed old paint and found children's drawings on the walls. The residents said that in their youth, they and their children had decorated the entrance this way. They decided to continue this tradition and added new drawings to the walls.

In 2022, the yard of these three houses was landscaped under to the program of Rais (Head) of Tatarstan. New paths were laid, two playgrounds and a football pitch were installed, and a separate garbage collection area was created. This year, the property management company will conduct additional landscaping - a sports area and an expanded playground with new swings will be installed, as well as lawns, flower pots and birdhouses.

The main feature of the yard will be outdoor furniture and sports equipment made from recycled plastic. This recycling campaign was organized by the property management company, 190 kilograms of plastic were collected from residents and sent it to the Qullar Company for processing. The company produced chairs, a basketball hoop, a hammock, bookshelf, sunbed, and ball rack for the playground from the recycled material.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, instructed Deputy Head of the Executive Committee Iskander Giniyatullin to expand this initiative to other yards. He emphasized that this is a positive initiative that should not only be supported but also communicated to residents.

“Those who will collect plastic, we get it back in the form of small architectural forms – benches, urns, sports equipment. We will definitely support and encourage active residents of the houses. We visited the Qullar enterprise – caring young people work there. I believe there will be many options for outdoor furniture that can be made from recycled plastic, while entrepreneurs are flexible in their approach to orders and will be able to adapt to the requirements of residents,” the Mayor said.