Presidential Resolution No. PP-2916 “On measures for cardinal improvement and development of the waste management system for the period of 2017-2021”. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Policy/planning Waste domestic sources Waste management Solid waste Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Presidential Resolution enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The organization of work on the removal of solid domestic waste requires the establishment of a clear and efficient system for the collection, utilization and processing of solid domestic waste, where existing landfills do not fully comply with sanitary rules, norms and hygienic standards. In some places, there are still spontaneous unauthorized collection points that worsen the sanitary and epidemiological situation of the adjacent territories and create the prerequisites for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Taking into account these important tasks, the adopted resolution is aimed at improving the sanitary and ecological state of the cities and regions of the country, radically improving and developing the waste management system in 2017-2021. In particular, this Presidential Resolution adopts: (a) measures to improve the system of collection, storage, utilization and processing of solid domestic waste for the period of 2017 - 2021; (b) expected parameters for the refitting of specialized sanitary cleaning organizations in the cities and departments of public services and amenities amenities in 2017; (c) the list of investment projects for the development of the collection, transportation, utilization and processing of waste in the cities with the involvement of the funds of international financial institutions in the period of 2017-2021, which provides for the implementation of large projects in Tashkent, Samarkand, Andijan and Namangan for more than $ 161 million; (d) targeted program for the development of 168 landfills of solid domestic waste through the construction of 114 thousand linear meters of fences and 166 wells for technical water supply; (e) expected parameters for the introduction of modern technologies for the processing of solid domestic waste in the period of 2017-2018. In the next two years in Nukus and all regional centers, construction of enterprises for the processing of domestic waste for a total amount of more than 27 million dollars is envisaged. Full text Russian Website lex.uz