Advancing 3R and Resource Efficiency for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: 02 ~ 04 November 2016 in Adelaide, Australia.

1. 3R activity in the
Republic of Kazakhstan

2. Current situation on the
policy level
“Concept of transition of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to Green
Economy” approved by Decree of
the President of the Republic of
Kazakhstan on May 30, 2013 №557
and Action Plan for the Concept
implementation
Established Advisory Body
on transition to Green
Economy and Working
Groups (WG); one of them
is WG on waste
management
Legislation:
Ecological Code,
Law on Public Private
Partnership, Public
Procurement
Green Bridge
Partnership Program

3. Developed regional road maps for implementing
separate collection and treatment of municipal wastes
Implemented EPR for vehicles.
As pilot – for packaging and
E - equipment
Prepared proposals to the
Ministry of finance to
reduce taxes for SMEs of
the waste infrastructure
sector
Key Ministries: Ministry of energy, Ministry of health and
social development, Local Executive bodies
Since 2016 to prohibit disposal
of hazardous waste and
packaging waste at the landfill
On institutional level
Put 3 R activities into the list of
priority activities for investment projects
implementation

4. Challenges
Needs in BAT on waste management
Insufficient Statistical Waste Data
Shortages of EPR for
the specific types of waste
Lack of Waste Management
Infrastructure
Absence of products from
secondary materials - waste market
Sustainable life style
Cost recovery technologies for small
cities (200-400 thousand inhabitants)

5. Future activities
TARGET 02
TARGET 04
TARGET 01
TARGET 03
To develop national
standards for SMEs
which operate in waste
management sector
To create infrastructure
for collection
(2 containers overall),
dismantling and recycling
of such specific waste as WEEE,
batteries, Hg-lamps,
construction and food waste
To expand EPR tools
for specific types of
waste
To install
technological lines
for sorting “dry” part
of the municipal
waste and using it as
secondary materials

6. Contact information
Waste management department
Working phone: +7 7172 74 02 57
E mail: zh.nurbekov@energo.gov.kz
Ministry of energy
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
http://energo.gov.kz

7. The
Circular Economy
in the
Asia Pacific Region