Circular Economy as an Opportunity for Central Asia - Summary Report
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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The concept of the circular economy
(CE) is gaining attention worldwide as a way to promote
sustainable development and reduce resource consumption. The
CE is an economic system that aims to reduce the use of
natural resources and to minimize waste and emissions by
keeping materials in use for as long as possible. A CE seeks
to minimize the consumption of finite resources by promoting
three key principles of waste management and sustainability:
‘reduce, reuse, recycle’. If a product eventually needs to
become waste, its materials should be recycled and used for
a new purpose. Optimizing resource use in this way is the
only strategy which allows for decoupling economic growth
from environmental degradation and is critical for the green
and low-carbon transition. The countries in Central Asia are
still in the early stages of the CE transition. The CE is
one of the main potential ways forward for Central Asia on
the road toward carbon neutrality. Circular Economy Action
Plans (CEAPs), such as the ones presented in this report,
are essential for charting the way forward in the circular
transition. This report summarizes three CEAPs: (a) CEAP for
the Construction Value Chain in Kazakhstan, (b) CEAP for the
Agri-Food Sector in Uzbekistan, and (c) Support in Financing
and Delivering the Circular Economy in Almaty. The report is
targeted at policy makers at national and municipal levels
as well as sectoral level experts, associations, business
support organizations, and others. The objective is to
demonstrate the potential of the CE concept and to inspire
further actions and consolidation with regard to sectoral
and innovative circular policy development as well as
designing of new, circular funding opportunities.
Palabras clave
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING, WASTE MANAGEMENT MODELS, WASTE COLLECTION EQUIPMENT, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, WASTE COLLECTION, RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, SDG 12, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT