Kazakhstan’s educational system is not ready yet to provide and educate specialists in renewable energy management and technologies. Hosting exhibitions and conferences will not solve the problem. To get enough number of specialists with enough level of competency local universities will have to change their curricula and introduce new faculties which will also need additional time and money that the colleges and universities do not have. Inviting renewable energy specialists and experts to Kazakhstan will not fully solve the issue.
Kazakhstan is the 131 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries. The problem of corruption at all levels of Government and its relations with business will also impact the implementation of Green economy
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Waste management is another big issue for Kazakhstan which does not have necessary means and political will to solve it. Kazakhstan needs to build a new integrated waste management system, because an institutional and legal framework is largely missing. The norms for rational waste management are insufficient, and the responsibility for the building and functioning of a more integrated system is not distributed. “There are no provisions to mandate sustainable financing of both infrastructure development and its operation.” In fact, Kazakhstan has not upgraded much its waste management system that it inherited from the Soviet Union. The landfills for consumption wastes are mainly located near the cities and are maintained as per old standards. To implement the waste management systems declared in the Concept for transitioning to Green Economy, Kazakh government needs to change the mindset of people to promote separate waste generation to be able to recycle it.
In fact, waste management and recycling might become a very effective and profitable business for small and medium enterprises if proper conditions and incentives from the Government are created. The problem in Kazakhstan’s waste management system is that there is no market to sell recycled end products and motivation for businessmen to go into that sphere and
Recycling has been the environmental crusade to reducing the human footprint, with it’s spotlight shining down on in recent years. It was the noblest of causes, recycling being a great idea for the environment and society; but it is being handled poorly. Its modern descendant has turned into a corporate scheme with recycling becoming a business, instead of being about the environment because marketers are using environmentalism as a excuse for overconsumption, recycling products are only being recycled for profit, and cities & big business use inflated numbers to attain media attention. Let’s now take a look at the bread and butter of
Environmental issues have become a norm in today’s society but that does not have to be the case. There are so many situations and relationships that occur between psychology and the preservation of the environment that will be discussed. Environmental issues and problems can be resolved but the willingness must be present. Creating a solution for waste management is just the start of helping resolve environmental problems. There are also economic, political and legal barriers that become present when trying to create a solution for waste management but having a clear understanding of them is vital. Having a resolution and a proposed
Recycling provides 471,000 direct and indirect jobs for people in the U.S. This shows us that recycling keeps people employed and happy. As a rule, when there are many job options for people, the economy gets better. “Overall, the business of recycling represents nearly $106 billion in economic activity” (Wiener 1). This means that recycling helps the economy greatly and will make it stronger. As a final analysis, more recycling leads to more jobs and a stronger economy.
The world population is around 7 billion people and every person produces about 4.4 pounds of waste per day. More people will lead to the increase of wastes products and then will increase the risk of environmental issues. Today, the world able to recycle only 30% of waste products. According to Environmental Protection Agency “Approximately 55% of 220 million tons of waste generated each year in the United States ends up in one of the over 3,500 landfills. Municipal solid waste landfills are the second-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States, accounting for approximately 22 percent of these emissions in 2008”
Recycling is now being encouraged worldwide, therefore that opens up possibilities for other businesses to enter the marketplace which will generate extra competition.
There are three main points when dealing with the sanitation and recycling company on how to manage garbage waste such as reuse, cut back and recycle. To understand about recycling and how all isn’t that difficult to do: it 's simply a matter of changing your disposable habit. Consequences of naught recycling resort in things like pollution, landfill build ups, reduces global warming, by not reusing, cutting back, and recycling we are destroying habitats, and energy consumptions.
This section briefly discusses the pollution discharges and wastes generated by the Landfill, and their control measures, in relation to air, water, noise and soil. It also covers general waste & energy use, water use, measure to manage and minimise greenhouse gas emissions.
It is estimated that every person in the UK produced 452kg of waste in 2010. Most of this waste was sent into landfills which is unsustainable. However, there is a decreasing use of landfills and an increase in recycling. For example, in 2004 33% of waste was recycled or composted compared to 45% in 2008. Landfill is when waste is dumped into old quarries or hollows, which is cheap in the short term but not sustainable. In the UK, landfill sites produced 36% of the nation’s methane emissions; this is not sustainable because greenhouse gasses cause climate change. However, there are developing technologies which allow the gases produced to be captured and used as a bio-fuel. In 2008, a landfill site in Mumbai captured the methane produced to generate electricity. This scheme is predicted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2.2 million tonnes by 2028.
The average resident produces seven and a half pounds of garbage every day that is buried down in landfills and litters lands costing a great amount of money. Nowadays, people face no more critical trouble than the need to save the weakening environment, mainly in urban areas, where solid wastes are uselessly dumped. It has been observed that cities have no controlled structure for garbage disposal. Each year, millions of dollars are spent picking up litter and more is thrown away in valuable materials that could be recycled. As humanity develops new technology and equipment, the level of waste increases every day. Due to the fact that there is a huge problem with garbage disposal, government representatives must contribute to resolving
In this industry there is room big enough to accommodate all players. To enter in the recycling industry today, requires being prepared for collaboration and for competition in the nearest future as soon as the recycling industry enters its prosperous period. A prosperous period will definitely arrive in little time when recycled products start to be seen as equals to the new materials. In the developing world is where we will first start to seen this prosperous period.
A.O. Coaker ,C.G.Achi, M.K.C. Sridhor, C.J.Donnett(2015) studied the current institutional solid waste management in a Nigerian private institution of higher learning. Using key informant as interview and personal field observations, the waste generation rate, pattern and characterization was made. It was concluded that if all the organic waste streams from the kitchens ,canteens and animal house are utilized for the bioenergy and organic fertilizer and non-biodegradables can be sold in the secondary market and considerable amount of wealth can be recovered
According to the “World Bank,” today many countries are generating a huge amount of waste which rates likely to increase further (Harrison and Hester 67). These studies prove that the governments must seriously consider the growing global problems and focus on the principles of the “Waste Management” (WM), particularly the Three Rs (Reduce Reuse Recycle) system as a low-cost alternative.
Recycling is an essential part of reducing the amount of waste filling up landfills. Recycling materials cannot only reduce waste but pollution as well. Unfortunately the typical recycling programs such as curbside pick-up and recycling centers require significant commitment from the public to be successful which generally leads to low participation. However there may be a solution to the problem. The pollution prevention and reduction program suggests the use of materials recovery facilities. Materials recovery facilities sort out recyclable materials from other waste products such as compostable items. By sorting out the waste at one central location more items get recycled and waste is reduced without public participation. A recent article by Wang (2010) suggests, “The installation of materials recovery facilities (MRFs) can be an alternative solution to the problem of low participation of voluntary household and curbside recycling in fast-growing cities.” Materials recovery facilities can be a viable solution for waste management problems where public participation is an obstacle. This solution also provides less societal impact because lifestyle change is not as critical.
The Concept also claims to solve not only environmental problems, but also social ones by creation of new jobs in the five industrial clusters which will make it possible to diversify the economy of Kazakhstan. “Because of Green construction principles implementation, and increasing production of domestic construction materials, it would be possible to create up to 150 thousand new jobs by 2030.”
However, this approach is given less attention by management and the parties involved in the process of sustainable control waste at construction sites. Construction site waste management can be more efficient if the authorities follow the correct flow of construction waste from the waste is generated until its disposal. Therefore, if the management of construction waste is not taken seriously by all parties, the existence of negative attitudes towards certain parties in the sustainable management of construction waste. When this culture will continue to spread and effects of unhealthy to humans and the environment both physically and biologically.