Construction of solid waste processing plants in major cities of Kazakhstan was considered at a government session this week.
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nysanbayev reported that the government approved a mechanism of preferential financing of projects in the field of waste management. This applies to the purchase of rubbish trucks, the launch of sorting lines and processing facilities. Financing is provided through the Industrial Development Fund with an interest rate of 3 percent and loan terms from 3 to 15 years.
Twenty-one projects for the construction and modernization of sorting lines with a capacity of more than 3 million tons per year have been worked out with the regions. The projects will make it possible to increase the capacity of sorting lines from the current 1.7 million tons to 4.7 million tons, as well as to cover cities and large towns in all regions of the country.
In terms of municipal solid waste processing, it is planned to build 37 new plants and modernize 8 existing ones with a total capacity of over 1.2 million tons per year. This will make it possible to increase the volume of processing to 1.4 million tons per year.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov instructed to develop additional mechanisms to attract investors in the sphere of waste processing.
