Kazakhstan's Green Development allocates 122.6 bn tenge for waste recycling

Green Development JSC has allocated 122.6 billion tenge to finance 34 projects aimed at developing modern waste management infrastructure in Kazakhstan, with support from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Egemen.kz reported. The funds come from recycling fees and are directed in line with the Environmental Code. According to the ministry, the projects include building new recycling plants, creating sorting complexes and purchasing special equipment. The investment headquarters under the ministry approved 67 projects with total funding of 440 billion tenge; 34 of them have been financed.

Six financed projects envisage sorting facilities with an annual capacity of 650,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste. Another 18 projects aim to develop recycling capacity of 435,000 tonnes per year, and 10 projects provide for the purchase of 177 units of special equipment. Fifteen projects have been commissioned so far. They involved buying 131 units of special equipment, launching sorting lines with an annual capacity of 290,000 tonnes and bringing into operation production capacity able to recycle 19,300 tonnes of waste a year.

The largest funding went to projects in Almaty city and the North Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, Aktobe and Kostanay regions. Projects are also being implemented in Atyrau, Akmola, Mangystau, East Kazakhstan and Abai regions, in Astana and Shymkent cities, and elsewhere in the country. They cover recycling of waste paper, PET bottles and car tyres. Earlier this month, Green Development and Sparklo agreed to jointly develop a network of fandomats for collecting plastic bottles and aluminium cans in Kazakhstan. Residents have handed over more than 5 million bottles and cans through these machines.