First EU regulation-compliant landfill to be opened in Bishkek

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Source : EUROPA-EEAS

The completion of a highly anticipated infrastructure project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU), will provide major environmental benefits for the more than one million people living in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic’s capital city. The city’s new landfill will be the first in the country built in accordance with the national and EU environmental regulations.

The landfill, which has a storage capacity of 1.9 million m³, will allow the country’s largest municipality to safely dispose of solid waste for another decade. Equipped with a base sealing system, the landfill will also be able to capture and treat leachate, a contaminated liquid with a strong odour, and prevent it from dispersing into groundwater and causing contamination.

A package of €22 million, provided as a loan and grants by the EBRD and the EU, helped Tazalyk, the municipal waste management company, to improve its operational management – for example, by installing a new billing system. Tazalyk used the funds to acquire modern waste-collection trucks and a GPS tracking system to monitor them. The financing also allowed for the construction of new waste collection points to encourage responsible waste disposal.

“This project that helps Tazalyk and Bishkek Sanitary Landfill companies to improve waste collection, replace outdated equipment, establish a new sanitary landfill and introduce waste minimisation measures in the Bishkek city has been done with EU grants and EBRD loans. The construction of new EU-compliant sanitary landfill is one of the components of the project. The new landfill will significantly improve municipal services, air quality and helps Bishkek to be more environmentally friendly”, said Marilyn Josefson, the EU Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.

In total, the European Union has granted over 100M EUR to Kyrgyzstan, which leveraged 205M EUR for projects in support of the water, solid waste, and energy sector, in partnership with EBRD. A total number of 15 cities and 8 villages across the country have benefited from this support

The EBRD has, to date, invested €879 million in the Kyrgyz Republic through 221 projects, with most funds supporting private entrepreneurship. Around €160 million has so far been invested in 24 water projects in 20 municipalities across the country.

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