Ukraine's State Environmental Policy for 2020

1. Increasing the level of public ecological conscience 2. Improvement of ecological situation and increase of level of ecological safety 3. Achieving the condition of environment safe for human health 4. Integration of ecological policy and improvement of integrated ecological governance system 5.Termination of losses of biological and landscape diversity and establishment of ecological network 6. Assurance of ecologically balanced nature usage 7.Improvement of regional ecological policy Many notable small-scale initiatives relevant to SCP exist in the country. For example, about 270 million batteries estimated to be imported each year and a ‘Throw well’ programme launched by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has seen special green boxes installed in public spaces to help measure the amount of battery waste and inform a decision on whether domestic processing facilities will be built. Also, the “Green Crane” eco-label, run by the Ukrainian NGO Living Planet, covers a wide range of consumer product categories and services - product category rules have been developed for 27 product categories and 23 food and beverage categories, as well as 5 service categories. The report also includes examples of eco-tourism and awareness-raising initiatives in the country. Underway