Vladimir Yermolayev, a 32-year-old Vladivostok native and one of the first group of students to graduate from the Skolkovo Startup Academy last June, announced a 7 billion ruble ($232 million) plan to turn the Primorye region into the country's most efficient recycler. Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky has backed the 17-year plan, which involves construction of technology parks for recycling centers to handle local domestic and industrial waste, creation of a legislative framework to make the business profitable and promotion of a green mentality among the public. Yermolayev said he was inspired with the idea by a visit to San Francisco, where the municipal government recycles up to 80 percent of the city's waste using "zero waste" technology. Yermolayev is currently looking for funding for the project, and credits the Skolkovo innovation hub for helping him start the project. "They've been a great help," he said. "For example, [they put] us in contact with the governor. It's one of the drivers that has made this possible."
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