The organization of municipal solid waste collection, disposal and recycling in Kazakhstan

Abstract

This article analyzes the organization of municipal solid waste collection, disposal and recycling in Kazakhstan based on the National Committee Statistics data - the annual statistical bulletin “On the collection, removal, processing (sorting) and burial (deposit) of municipal waste in the Republic of Kazakhstan” for 2015-2018 years. The article examined the municipal solid waste sources, the main indicators of the municipal solid waste collection, transporting, sorting, disposal and recycling. It is concluded that to solve the problems of municipal solid waste collection, disposal and recycling necessary to solve the following issues: 1) need control over the application of laws in the waste management field; 2) necessary to change people’s ecological behavior; 3) important is the availability of secondary resources market.