On January 1, 2020, Federal Law No. 280-FZ "On Organic Products and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" came into force, which means the beginning of a new stage in the development of the agro-industrial complex of Russia in general and Russian agriculture and crop production in particular. Organic farming has become a normatively protected branch of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, it has a unified state logo and a unified state register of organic producers [1].
The world market for organic products has shown sustainable growth over the past years, by about 10–15 % annually. By 2020, it was estimated almost 100 billion dollars, and by 2024, according to forecasts, its size will reach more than 200 billion dollars.
The volume of the domestic market for organic food in the Russian Federation in 2020 amounted to 250 million dollars. The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia predicts that by 2024 such products will make up to 15 % of the total agricultural exports of Russia [2].
The development of organic farming stimulates the development of related branches of the agro-industrial complex, such as the production of biological products, organic fertilizers, crop biosecurity products and other types of products.
Organic fertilizers and biological products, as a rule, are produced on the basis of processing, i. e. recycling, organic waste and raw materials, which is an urgent state task not only in Russia but also in most countries of the world.
Organic waste and raw materials are not only the food part of waste but also sludge from treatment facilities, food industry waste, manure and dung from livestock complexes, waste from the processing industry (logging, textile, etc.), sludge from ponds and reservoirs (sapropel), etc.
Organic waste is fundamentally different from all other groups of waste since it can be completely recycled into recyclable materials, therefore, in fact, it is not garbage, but a resource and, therefore, should not be disposed of at landfills.