Efforts to reduce number of illegal landfills continue in Kyrgyzstan. Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan Mederbek Mashiev announced at a meeting on agrarian policy, water resources, subsoil use, ecology, and environmental protection.
According to him, administrative-territorial reform is ongoing in the country.
«Previously, there were 411 illegal landfills in the country; after the administrative-territorial reform, their number has decreased to 290. For comparison, Uzbekistan, with a population of 40 million, has only 120 landfills. We are also working to consolidate landfills across the country. A regulation has been developed and submitted to local authorities for implementation,» Mederbek Mashiev noted.
MP Erkaim Seyitkazieva called for a resolution to the issue of the landfill in the village of Gagarin in Issyk-Ata district. «It burns constantly in the summer, and local residents and citizens of Kant breathe in the smog from it. A waste sorting facility needs to be built there,» she added.
The minister noted that work is underway with international organizations.
«As you know, a waste processing plant has been opened in Bishkek. We are considering expanding its capacity to process waste from landfills in Chui region,» he added.
