According to Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nyssanbayev, 37 new solid domestic waste processing facilities will be built from scratch within the country along with upgrading the existing eight ones.
The project’s cost is estimated at $380 million; $76.1 million of which is expected to be private funds. Once the project is implemented, the volume of recycled waste will increase to 1.5 million tons per year.
In addition, Kazakhstani authorities are going to modernize the two current sortlines for solid waste and build 19 new sorting facilities throughout the country. This project will cost $109 million including...