Kazakhstan is set
to increase the recycling of municipal waste. It is planned to bring the figure
up to 40 percent by 2030, and to 60 percent by 2050, as announced at the
meeting of the Council on the transition to a green economy under the
chairmanship of Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov. According to the Kazakh
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, coverage of the population with
waste collection and disposal services should reach 100 percent by 2040. This
will be accomplished by implementing a centralized system in rural areas.
Furthermore, the goal is to increase the proportion of recycling and disposal
of industrial waste to 60 percent by 2050. This will be facilitated by the
adoption of the best available technologies at enterprises, as well as the reclamation
and construction of new solid waste landfills. According to Zulfiya
Suleimenova, over the past 10 years, the implementation of the green economy
concept has reduced the energy intensity of the country's economy by more than
a third. To date, there are 132 renewable energy facilities with a total
capacity exceeding 2,500 megawatts operating in the country. It is also planned
to commission renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of nearly 7,000
MW by 2027. Smailov instructed the relevant ministry to expedite the update of
the Concept and submit the draft to the Government Apparatus by December 1.
