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Tajikistan
| History, Problems, and Progress in E Waste Recycling In-Country | Waste separation has not yet commenced, although some progress has been made as the collection of fluorescent lamps started. The country generally lacks recycling infrastructure, except for recycling of scrap metals and paper.
Tajikistan does not have a national waste management strategy and action plan for waste management. Such strategy is under preparation. Also, the country lacks waste management plans for regions, municipalities and individual waste generators. Understanding of hazardous waste is limited to radioactive waste and pesticides. These types of waste are a priority at present and, once their situation has been improved, it is expected that progress will be achieved by defining an approach to waste with other hazardous properties. Inadequate regulation and management mean that hazardous chemicals continue to pose a considerable threat to the environment and to public health. There is little data available on chemical incidents, or the number of chemical-induced poisonings. Obsolete and banned pesticide stockpiles also represent an increasing environmental hazard. |
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| E-Wasters Services and Special Practices In-Country | Despite these challenges, Tajikistan has taken steps to better manage its chemicals and waste. This includes ratification of the Basel and Stockholm conventions as well as setting the groundwork for accession to the Rotterdam and the Minamata conventions.
In order to support these efforts, Tajikistan is partnering with the Chemicals and Waste Management Programme on an ambitious two-year project. The objective of the project is to enable Tajikistan to lay the foundation for coordinated implementation of the Basel and Stockholm conventions and to strengthen the country’s capacity to become a party to the Rotterdam and the Minamata conventions. In order to ensure that chemicals and waste management becomes a national priority, Tajikistan will also launch an important awareness-raising programme to strengthen knowledge and skills within government ministries and agencies, and help mainstreaming these issues into national development plans and policies. Training and roundtable discussions will also take place with private sector representatives and civil society groups. |
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