Waste Management
The Gazprom Group’s priority is to reduce the amount of waste generated by its operations, as well as waste sent for burial. This focus is formalized in the Comprehensive Environmental Program of PJSC Gazprom for 2025–2029Approved by order No. RD 06-23 of Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee – Head of Department at PJSC Gazprom, dated April 21, 2025 (RD 06-23). and the Corporate Environmental Targets of PJSC Gazprom for 2023–2025.
The Gazprom Group ensures safe treatment of production and consumption waste and makes every effort to increase the share of recycled and neutralized waste.
Waste Generation
In 2025, the Gazprom Group entities generated 3,008,600 tons of waste, down 4.5% year-on-year. The reduction was driven by lower waste from construction and installation activities, along with no dredging of the inlet channel at Novocherkasskaya GRES.
Most of the Gazprom Group’s waste (96.6%) is low-hazard and almost non-hazardous waste (classes IV and V).
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2025/2024, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard Class I, thousand tons | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.29 | +107.1 |
| Hazard Class II, thousand tons | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.91 | +12.3 |
| Hazard Class III, thousand tons | 104.23 | 100.06 | 102.04 | +2.0 |
| Hazard Class IV, thousand tons | 2,568.12 | 2,526.23 | 2,477.88 | –1.9 |
| Hazard Class V (almost non-hazardous waste), thousand tons | 817.75 | 522.98 | 427.52 | –18.3 |
| Total | 3,490.98 | 3,150.22 | 3,008.64 | –4.5 |
| Class I and II waste in total waste generated, % | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | +0.01 |
For more details on waste by type and disposal method, as well as on changes in waste generation, see the Appendix.
Waste Handling
The implementation of advanced technologies and best available practices minimizes generation of waste and enables its effective integration back into the economy as secondary resources.
All the Gazprom Group’s facilities have implemented sorting procedures for waste of Hazard Classes I–V, which increases the share of waste sent for treatment, recycling, and neutralization. There is a ban on burial of waste containing valuable recyclable components.
All the Gazprom Group’s waste placement facilities are listed in the relevant state register. We monitor the environment and contamination levels at such facilities and within the area of their environmental impact. Gazprom strictly complies with environmental regulations for waste management by observing applicable waste generation standards and disposal limits.
Waste handling expenditures across the Gazprom Group, RUB million
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2025/2024, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste handling expenditures | 7,730.26 | 11,481.59 | 11,757.33 | +2.40 |
Special emphasis is placed on drilling waste. The Group develops and uses low toxic drilling muds and the pit-free drilling method for the construction of wells. The drilling waste recycling technologies that produce mineral construction materials for general construction works in the course of field pre-development are increasingly being used.
At the Gazprom Group, most of the waste is Gazprom Neft’s drilling waste, Gazprom Energoholding’s bottom ash waste (solid coal combustion products generated by TPPs), as well as oil sludge mainly generated by oil and gas production and processing facilities.
Gazprom Group entities pay close attention to the environmentally safe treatment of oil-contaminated waste.
In 2025, the amount of oil‑contaminated waste generated at Gazprom facilities increased by 19% year-on-year to 87,670 tons due to scheduled equipment cleaning.
The Gazprom Group continues to phase out the use of disposable plastic items in its offices. PJSC Gazprom analyzes on a quarterly basis the changes in the volume of procurement of disposable plastic items, as well as the volume of plastic waste sent for recycling under relevant contracts. This initiative is a part of the Action Plan to quit using disposable plastic items in the Gazprom Group’s officesApproved by order of PJSC Gazprom No. 8 dated January 12, 2023.. PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and entities have similar plans in place.
Since 2023, all Gazprom Group entities have been running an open-ended Plastic, Give Up! environmental campaign, with employees earning points for their verified contributions to separately collecting certain plastic fractions. The points can be used to pay for training courses, participation in sports events, and other purposes. Over 1,000 employees have taken part in the initiative since its inception.
Reducing Solid Household Waste: 2025 Results
Procurement of disposable plastic items by PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and entities decreased by 79%.
The volume of plastic waste sent for recycling from PJSC Gazprom facilities covered by the separate collection system increased by 32%.
In 2025, an Action Plan to phase out the use of disposable plastic items in Zenit Arena’s offices was developed and approvedRenamed Gazprom Bolshaya Lakhta on December 8, 2025..
Oil-contaminated waste and its handling structure at the Gazprom Group
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2025/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total oil-contaminated waste managed, thousand tons | 115.64 | 99.52 | 124.37 | +25% |
| Waste handed over to other business entities for recycling and neutralization; waste disposed of or neutralized at the Group’s own facilities, % | 75 | 63 | 67 | +4 p.p. |
| Waste handed over to other business entities for disposal, % | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 p.p. |
| Present at the facility as of the end of the reporting year, including storage facilities, % | 21 | 35 | 31 | –4 p.p. |
Environmentally safe management of drilling waste during well construction and operation is a top priority for the Group’s oil and gas producing entities.
In 2025, drilling waste handled totaled 2,635,700 tons (including 576,200 tons carried over from the start of the year and 2,059,500 tons generated), with 626,300 tons disposed in-house, 21,000 tons placed at the Group’s own waste burial facilities or handed over to specialized licensed organizations for safe dumping, and 1,401,800 tons sent to such organizations for recycling or neutralization.
Protecting the environment from adverse drilling waste effects is a key well construction requirement, especially in the harsh climate and weather conditions of the Russian Arctic.
Drilling waste and its handling structure at the Gazprom Group
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2025/2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total drilling waste managed, thousand tons | 2,755.86 | 2,839.86 | 2,635.73 | –7.2% |
| Handed over to other business entities for recycling and neutralization, % | 53 | 51 | 53 | +2 p.p. |
| Recycled at the facility, % | 23 | 28 | 24 | –4 p.p. |
| Disposed of at the Group’s own storage and burial facilities, % | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 p.p. |
| Present at the facility as of the end of the reporting year, including storage facilities, % | 23 | 20 | 22 | +2 p.p. |
Gazprom Group’s waste handed over for recycling, thousand tons
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2025/2024, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, incl.: | 2,617.28 | 2,652.55 | 2,397.69 | –9.6 |
| waste recycled at the facility | 750.11 | 880.45 | 667.27 | –24.2 |
| waste handed over to other business entities for recycling | 1,867.17 | 1,772.10 | 1,730.42 | –2.4 |
For the volume of waste handed over for recycling, neutralization, or otherwise treated, see the Аppendix.