As part of the city's environmental program, measures are being taken to kill harmful plants on the territory of the industrial site and in sanitary protection zones at Metinvest's Ingulets GOK. The beginning of August is the period of active flowering of ragweed and other allergenic plants, which can cause many people to develop hay fever. This disease is common among the population of the steppe zone of Ukraine, to which Kryvyi Rih belongs. To solve the problem of quarantine plants in the city, city crews, residents of condominiums, the private sector, and businesses have united. In particular, at the Ingulets Iron Ore Enrichment Plant every year from mid-spring until the first frosts, comprehensive measures are taken to control harmful weeds. The most widely used mechanical method is the mowing of quarantine plants. It is held regularly on the territory of all shops of the enterprise, along roads, in places where employees rest, near household buildings, and in sanitary and protect