To ensure the growth of the green economy, it is important to reduce investments in environmentally unpopular industries, introduce efficient and cheaper technologies, comply with environmental standards, increase funding of green industries, and regulate tax rates and payments. The purpose of the study is to highlight the main principles and determine the prospects for the development of the green economy in Kurgan Region. In Russia, the Ecology national project is aimed at the effective management of production and consumption waste; drastic reduction of the level of air pollution in large entities of the country; quality improvement of drinking water for the population; ecological recovery of water bodies; conservation of biological diversity. In 2018, in order to meet the objectives of the Ecology project, the Project Committee of Kurgan Region adopted four regional projects: Integrated System of Solid Municipal Waste Management; Clean water; Conservation of forests; Preservation of unique water bodies. The study utilized the following sources of information: official statistics, materials from periodicals, regulatory documents on the topic of the study. Research methods: economic and statistical, monographic, balancing method and related techniques. The paper defines the main goal of the green economy -to increase the environmental sustainability of the territory of Kurgan Region, analyzes the modern environmental situation in the region, and reveals the problem of solid municipal waste management. Special attention is paid to the prevention of violations of mandatory requirements in the field of environmental protection.