Moscow is the largest industrial, cultural, information and business center of Russia. The most significant enterprises, the best educational and health institutions are concentrated in it.
Moscow is a center of attraction for people living in the territory of the former USSR. According to official figures, the capital is inhabited by 12 million people. Not everyone can afford to buy housing in prosperous areas with acceptable ecology, since real estate prices here are incredibly high.
Therefore, many have to be content with buying an apartment in the most polluted areas of Moscow. Thus, people compensate for the gradual loss of health by the opportunity to live and work in the most prestigious city of Russia.
Ecology of the capital of Russia
Moscow is a metropolis that is one of the five largest cities in the world. But in this amazingly beautiful city there are a lot of environmental problems. The largest of them are noise, polluted air and surface water, radiation (there are eleven nuclear reactors in the city). In the Russian capital, the Salaryevsky landfill is located - the largest landfill in Europe.
Thus, Moscow is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Therefore, the ecological situation in even the most relatively clean areas of the capital is very tense. The article provides an overview of the most dirty areas of Moscow and the Moscow region.
Kapotnya
Most of the industrial facilities of the capital of Russia are located in its southeastern autonomous region. Therefore, the Moscow districts located in the SEAD are not very suitable for life. Although among them there are a lot of cozy green sleeping areas with developed infrastructure and beautiful park areas.
From the point of view of ecology, Kapotnya, whose air is poisoned by the oil refinery , is invariably considered the most unfavorable district of the capital . In addition, nearby is CHP-22 - the most powerful and dangerous source of air pollution. Kapotnya has an extremely unfortunate wind rose: ashes and exhaust accumulate in the area. It is located near the MKAD, which also negatively affects the environment. Consequently, Kapotnya is the most environmentally dirty area in Moscow.
Printers
Another dirty district of the capital is Pechatniki. Like Kapotnya, it is located in the southeastern part of Moscow. This area is the longest in the southeastern part of the capital; its borders encircle the Moscow River. It is in Pechatniki that the lowest point of the capital is located, in which all the harmful substances that enter the air of the metropolis are accumulated. In this one of the ecologically most polluted areas of Moscow, the most polluted Moscow industrial zones are located, occupying at least sixty percent of Pechatnikov’s area, as well as the Kuryanovsky treatment facilities , a constant source of stench.
Maryino, Lyublino, Brateevo, Nekrasovka
Despite the fact that these areas of the SEAD have developed infrastructure and transport, they are landscaped and well maintained, they cannot be called prestigious and comfortable for living. Large industrial facilities and aeration fields are located here. In addition, in these dirtiest areas of Moscow, all the "charms" of the neighborhood with Kapotnya are palpable: the ashes and stench, the source of which is the oil refinery, regularly poison the air.
South Port and Nizhny Novgorod
Yuzhnoportovy and Nizhny Novgorod districts are located in the southeastern part of the Russian capital. Through them pass the ever-busy highways. There are also several large plants (including a tire factory), extensive industrial zones, as well as a large thermal power plant.
TsAO
Inside the Garden Ring there are not too many industrial enterprises that affect the environmental situation in the center of the Russian capital. But a giant traffic stream poisons the air, filling it with substances hazardous to human life and health. Therefore, despite the undeniable advantages of living in the central district of the capital, a person living there harms his health, because the center is one of the most environmentally polluted areas of Moscow.
An interesting fact: even in the Alexander Garden, the air is dirtier than in some industrial areas of the city. In the summer, the city center is often smog. Residents of the center of Moscow are constantly at risk of acquiring such terrible diseases as asthma and cancer.
Altufevo
In the north of Moscow is the Altufevo district. It is considered one of the most polluted areas of Moscow. Its main "attraction" can be called an incinerator, which is located in the center of the district near apartment buildings, poisoning the air both Altufevo and the surrounding areas.
Degunino
East and West Degunino are located in the north of Moscow. There is a giant thermal power station and a large number of industrial zones. Therefore, these areas can be attributed to the most polluted areas of Moscow. A favorable wind rose saves the situation a bit, which from time to time brings clean air to the forests near Moscow.
Golovinsky district
One of the most polluted areas of Moscow - Golovinsky - is located in the north of the city. Many hazardous enterprises are located here, including the Voikov Chemical Plant and the Aviamotornaya Industrial Zone. The picturesque banks of the Likhoborka River have become the repository of a giant repository of radioactive waste, which also negatively affects the health of local residents.
Biryulyovo
Not only are there no metro stations in the West and East Biryulyovo, which makes these areas the most inaccessible in the city, in these areas there is an unfavorable environmental situation, which is not very saved by the presence of vast green areas. The areas border the Moscow Ring Road - a constant source of noise and engine exhausts.
Also in Biryulyovo there is a thermal power plant, an incinerator and cement plants, a woodworking plant. Therefore, Biryulyovo can be called one of the most polluted areas of Moscow.
Moskvorechye-Saburovo
Moskvorechye-Saburovo is located in the south of Moscow. In this area with a deceptive promising name, living is quite unsafe for life. The most important nuclear enterprises of the capital are concentrated here. Also, Moskvorechye-Saburovo is famous for the largest radioactive waste dump in the city, located on the banks of the Moskva River.
Golyanovo, East Izmailovo, Bogorodskoye
These areas are located in the east of the capital. They are adjacent to the large industrial area Kaloshino. Specialists assess the ecology of Golyanovo, Bogorodsky and East Izmailovo as extremely tense: there is a thermal power station and many industrial enterprises. In air, the permissible concentration of harmful substances is constantly exceeded.
Unsafe suburbs
It is naive to believe that, having settled in the relative distance from the busy life of the capital with its harmful industries and crazy traffic, you can find coveted peace and a favorable environment in any city near Moscow. Some cities of the Moscow region suffer from poor ecology no less than the dysfunctional industrial regions of Moscow.
Naturally, in cities near Moscow, where the environment is favorable, housing prices are much higher than in cities with a tense environmental situation. But is it worth buying more affordable housing near harmful industries?
Caution radiation
Landfills and landfills for radiation waste are located in the Zhostokovsky quarry, Podolsk, Ramensky, Sergiev Posad. In the village of Staraya Kupavna, the Isotope enterprise operates.
Rivers near Moscow
The Moskva River, Klyazma and Shalovka are the most polluted rivers of the Moscow Region. Therefore, swimming and fishing in them is dangerous for health.
Cities of the Moscow Region with poor ecology
The city of Elektrostal is the most polluted area in Moscow and the Moscow Region. Harmful industries located within it generously saturate the air with chemical compounds that are dangerous to all living things.
The situation in Podolsk and Voskresensk is no better. Dubna and Troitsk have nuclear facilities. Two nuclear reactors are located in Khimki, and a huge Moscow thermal power station is also located near the city.
Disgusting ecology and in Lyubertsy: there are two waste incineration plants. Moreover, one of them is the largest in Russia! In addition, the entire metropolitan sewage is poured into Lyubertsy - the city has extensive aeration fields. The land and water of the city are contaminated with harmful substances. Despite this, Lyubertsy is actively building up new buildings, demand for apartments remains high.
In Sergiev Posad there is the largest disposal of radioactive waste that is brought into the city from all relevant enterprises in Moscow and the Moscow region.
In Domodedovo and Vnukovo, residents suffer from exhaust emissions from a large number of vehicles. Neighborhood with airports also does not add comfort.
Chlorine emissions are not uncommon in Klin. In Railway, nitrogen dioxide pollutes.
Harmful industries also poison the air of Noginsk, Serpukhov, Mytishchi, Balashikha, Istra, Likino-Dulyovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Kolomna and some cities and villages that are located in the suburbs.
Landfill near Moscow
According to official figures, there are forty-one crowded landfills in the Moscow Region. According to unofficial data, there are several thousand such landfills! In general, in the suburbs there are ten million tons of garbage. And if half of the industrial waste is recycled, then the rest of the garbage is recycled only less than one percent.
In the near future it is planned to build several waste recycling complexes. In the meantime, landfills pollute groundwater and are a constant source of stench. As side effects - rats, cockroaches and homeless people.
All permissible norms for the content of harmful chemical compounds in air, soil and water are exceeded several times. In addition, fires occur in landfills.