Published on: 2026-09-15
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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There are two city eco-centers in Moscow operated by the regional operator JSC “Ecotechprom”. The first one appeared at the end of 2025 in the south of the capital, and the second — in August of this year in the Central Administrative District. Residents of the capital can bring several types of recyclable materials for processing and learn more about sorting during themed workshops. The operation of the eco-centers and the types of questions visitors bring were explained by Moscow urban economy complex.
How eco-centers work
Eco-centers are open from 11:00 to 20:00 daily, except Mondays. Staff greet visitors and, if necessary, advise on how to correctly sort recyclables into the bins. Admission is free.
Eco-centers have an ecological education area where lectures, workshops, and other events are held. Registration is required to participate in them. To sign up for a group tour, you need to send a request to coordinate a convenient date and time.
The exterior of the building features 24-hour reception windows for the most common types of recyclable materials.
You can reach each eco-center by car or public transport. There are parking lots on-site, and bus stops and metro stations nearby. The eco-centers are located at: 22a Podolskikh Kursantov Street, building 2, and 26 Zvenigorodskoe Highway, building 2. You can ask questions about the work of the eco-centers by email at: ecocentr@eco-pro.ru.
What kind of recyclables do they accept
Eco-centers accept more than 30 types of recyclable materials: canisters, bags, bottles, containers made from various types of plastic, cardboard and paper, kraft and pulpboard, glass, tin and aluminum, as well as batteries, thermometers, toothbrushes, caps, and medicine blister packs.
Only the most common types of recyclables can be deposited into the collection windows located outside the building: PET bottles, aluminum cans, waste paper, textiles, and glass.
The list of components that can be brought to the eco-center is constantly expanding. Now you can also hand over disposable paper cups and kraft paper, bring clothes in good condition for charity donation, give unwanted books and take any you like from the book exchange shelf in return.
More information on what materials can be recycled and how to prepare them for disposal can be found at link.
What is not accepted for recycling
They do not accept T-shirt bags, bubble wrap, foil, polystyrene packaging for recycling — these are usually yogurt cups and foam trays for vegetables and sliced products, PET correx — used to make disposable food containers, candy trays, cake packaging, as well as equipment and wires.
In addition, eco-centers do not accept alcohol, electronic, and laboratory thermometers.
How to join the “Good Caps” project
City residents can participate in the charitable project “Kind Caps.” To do this, it is necessary to bring screw-on plastic caps from bottles of water, juices, carbonated drinks, PET bottles for dairy products, Tetra Pak, as well as from plastic packaging for purees and sauces. Usually, these are small polyethylene caps — they are easily recognized by the markings 2 (HDPE) and 4 (LDPE).
The rings from PET bottles can be removed and submitted together with the caps, but this condition is not mandatory. The rings, like the labels, can be left on the bottles: they are easily separated at factories during the recycling process.
However, caps from shampoo, conditioner, and other cosmetic and household product packages, as well as plastic and glass food jars, most likely do not fit because many of them are made of polypropylene — the packaging is marked with a 5 (PP).
How to hand over a thermometer for disposal
Eco-centers only accept whole mercury thermometers for disposal. Citizens can bring them in a case or wrapped in fabric, paper, or film. If necessary, staff will return the wrapping and help properly package the thermometer before sending it to a plant for safe disposal. The main thing is to bring the thermometer to the eco-center without cracks or chips. Thermometers from legal entities are not accepted.
Broken thermometers are accepted by services equipped with special equipment and ready to neutralize mercury waste on the spot. Employees of the Main Directorate of the EMERCOM of Russia for the city of Moscow will provide more information about the organizations and where to hand over a broken thermometer by phone: +7 495 637-22-22.
In what volume can recyclables be submitted
Recyclable materials are accepted at eco-centers in any quantity. The only restrictions are on the number of batteries (no more than 40 pieces from one visitor per visit) and thermometers (one person can bring no more than five thermometers).
Schools, kindergartens, and other organizations can also participate in recycling. If the volume of items is large, it is better to notify the center’s staff in advance. Then the specialists will free up space for the collected items and receive the visitor more quickly.
What bonuses can you receive for visiting the eco-center?
Every week, visitors to eco-centers can receive 100 bonus points on the loyalty card of the “Vkusvill” store and 590 points in the “City of Tasks” project.
In addition, at eco-centers, you can join various tours, listen to lectures, or participate in eco-quizzes, workshops on painting shoppers, making keychains from bags, or decorations from old jeans. The events are free and designed for both children and adults.
Where else do they accept recyclables
Within the framework of the project “Eco-points of Moscow”, which implements the capital’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, they accept eight types of recyclable materials: clothing and footwear, books, electronic waste, caps, batteries, toys, and in the winter season — also Christmas trees. Additionally, even blister packs from medicines can be submitted — packaging that takes almost 700 years to decompose and used to be sent to landfills. Over six months, Muscovites actively brought recyclable materials to eco-points: they handed over 814 tons of clothing and footwear, 105 tons of books, more than 16.5 tons of electronic devices, and over 1.5 tons of blister packaging.
Most of these items were given a second life. About 520 tons of raw materials were sent for recycling. Clothing is turned into technical fiber, insulation, and rags; waste paper is used to produce new paper and cardboard (up to 750 kilograms of finished product come from one ton); and precious metals and plastics are extracted from scrap electrical materials, with the plastics later used for city landscaping.
Almost 195 tons of items have been donated to charity — these are clothes and shoes for people in difficult life situations, as well as books for rural libraries. Another approximately 185 tons were directed to resale through charity shops and second-hand book services. Only 38 tons (just over four percent) went to disposal. Thus, 95 percent of the recycled materials handed in returned to economic circulation.
In addition, at the ecological educational centers of the department, you can hand in bottle caps or bring a book for bookcrossing.
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