One of the important tasks being solved by the teams of Sintez-Kauchuk and SPP in the course of their production activities is reduction of man-caused load on the environment. It is solved by working in several directions: optimizing production, introducing modern technologies, improving the quality of products, as well as applying new approaches to solving most demanding problems in the field of hazardous waste management.

To reduce the generation of industrial wastes at petrochemical enterprises, technologies for their secondary use are being developed, and their quantity has been reduced due to a deeper integrated processing of raw materials. For these purposes, in the first half of 2019, about 36 million rubles were spent. Over 3 million rubles were used to reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere - measures were taken to improve the efficiency of gas cleaning and dust removal plants through modernizing them; replacement of existing pumps on raw materials supply lines by modern ones, which are leak-tight; on modernization of process schemes and updating equipment. More than 200 thousand rubles were allocated for the repair and cleaning of the production waste neutralization facility.

As part of the implemented program to reduce the load on the Sterlitamak water basin, increased attention to wastewater quality was paid. The R&D center of the company has conducted research works on possibility of obtaining emulsion rubber by tape technology using organic coagulants. The exclusion of inorganic salts from the rubber production process will eliminate the pollution of industrial wastewater with mineral salts. In the course of numerous experiments, positive results were achieved for some process parameters.

The expenses for water protection measures amounted to about 50 million rubles.

The implementation of environmentally significant measures by the company allows reducing negative impact on the environment while ensuring production stability.