CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Biiseitova, Ayana |
|---|---|
| Title | The prospects of establishing a waste incineration plant in Nur-Sultan based on the experience of the Baku incinerator |
| Summary | The everyday activities are inherently associated with material turnover, and with the resulting burden of managing the waste. Most of the developing countries have developed integrated waste management systems that include recycling, composting, energy recovery, and other mechanisms. Most of the developing countries, in turn, disposes of the waste in landfills, which result in negative environmental and public health impacts. Kazakhstan is no exception. Kazakhstan suffers from a massive amount of accumulated waste in landfills, unsatisfactory waste sorting practices, and an underdeveloped recycling sector. To respond to the waste-related problem, the government of Kazakhstan has decided to establish, six new waste incineration plants by 2025. Incineration is an indispensable part of waste management in the most developed countries, yet it can be considered as a conflicting technology with numerous constraints. Therefore, the prospects of the establishing plant in Kazakhstan have been analyzed based on the experiences of a similar plant in Baku. The comparative analysis has shown that a waste incineration plant will solve the immediate problem of waste accumulation and excessive landfilling. However, technology is the only temporary solution that would pose significant economic and social constraints. It has been shown that incinerators would require considerable investments, and it is not clear who will bear the cost burden. Also, the waste composition in Kazakhstan is not studied carefully, and the efficiency of energy generation may be undermined. Most importantly, there is a definite threat that incineration could compromise the development of other waste management options situated higher on the waste hierarchy. The specified issues are deteriorated by the fact that the government showed no attempts to involve the general public in the discussion stage. |
| Supervisor | Illés Zoltán |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/biiseitova_ayana.pdf |
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