As waste management issues have long become an everyday struggle, Central Asia’s largest country is planning to launch the ‘‘Waste-to-energy’’ project to tackle the growing mountain of trash, according to Ramazan Zhampiissov, who chairs Kazakhstan-based International Green Technologies and Investment Projects Center (IGTIPC).
As of today, nearly 85 percent of all solid waste in Kazakhstan does not get sorted and recycled, according to the official. With a population of nearly 19 million, the country annually generates an average of 4-5 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). Over 120 million tons of waste have already piled up at more than 3,000 landfills across the country, of which only 623 comply with environmental and sanitary requirements. At the same time, more than 9,000 unauthorized solid waste landfills have been found last year in Kazakhstan, of which 2,700 have already been liquidated, according to the data compiled by the country’s ecology, geology and natural resources agency.
Currently, government officials in what is Central Asia’s largest country are developing the bill that will set specific requirements for the operation of waste-to-energy facilities in Kazakhstan and introduce mechanisms to support these facilities, as well as create conditions for investors to engage in the industry.
Source: Caspian News
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