The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Plant (part of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC)) is one of the major waste producers among the non-ferrous metallurgical enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region. It has already produced 1,671,200 tons of waste, but only 1,085,700 tons have been recycled. The plant has collected 61,533,100 tons by the end of 2006.