Astana, Kazakhstan, June 4
By Daniyar Mukhtarov - Trend:
Kazakh Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov stated that his country has no organized system for separate collection of solid waste.
"Unfortunately, there is no systematic approach to the organization of separate collection of solid waste at the source of the waste", he said, referring to the population in Kazakhstan. Consequently, we do not use recycled materials."
The Kazakh government has recently approved a program for the modernization of the solid waste management by 2050, according to the minister. This is due to the critical situation in the in that regard, as well as the increase in the volume of waste output nationwide.
Kazakhstan has studied and applied the European Union's experience in the managing solid waste, the minister said: "The EU principle of the use of waste for the secondary production was interesting for us. This is so-called principle of "circular" economy, stimulating the maximum involvement of secondary resources in the economy," Kapparov said.
The Kazakh governmented used the experience of the EU countries was to develop target indicators of the state program, which will be implemented in three stages - 2020, 2035 and 2050.
"2050 was chosen due to the fact that the development of the industry requires a significant period of time, including the popular conceptions of waste management," he said.
The state program aims to bring the rate of separate collection of bio-waste up to 80 per cent by 2050 (from 10 per cent - in 2020). These types of waste are the main cause of landfills fire and pollution. The program's second is increasing the share of "green" energy produced from waste.
"In accordance with the program, we will great attention to the introduction of separate collection of solid waste in Kazakhstan. By taking into account the experience of the European countries, where the process took more than 30 years, a step-by-step method was adopted," the minister said.
Some 52 billion KZT are set to be allocated from the budget funds until 2020. The size of private investment in this period will be nearly 75 billion tenge, or 60 percent of total costs.
