A new reason for the rise in food prices in Russia has been named
“Vedomosti”: the cost of food production may jump by 18-25% Starting next year, products and other food products may rise in price due to the launch of a new concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This reason for the rise in prices was named by the Vedomosti newspaper. After that, the cost of production may jump by 18-25 percent. The EPR assumes an increase in packaging recycling standards up to 100 percent, as well as an indexation of the eco-collection rate for those enterprises that do not undertake recycling. In addition, Russian manufacturers have warned of a possible increase in prices for household appliances. Prices for it may rise by 15 percent amid a new ban on the export of all types of scrap and waste containing precious metals. Because of the ban, businesses will not be able to dispose of their products according to EPR, so they will have