Tashkent has developed a list of environmentally hazardous and energy-intensive manufacturing facilities that must be gradually relocated outside the Tashkent city. The list includes 87 facilities, the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change said.
In May of last year, new projects were banned in Tashkent, Nukus, and provincial centers in the following areas: asbestos and cement manufacturing, sludge and slag manufacturing; tanneries, poultry factories; the burning of any type of coal without high-efficiency dust collection and gas cleaning systems; ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy plants; work with glass containing toxic impurities and toxic chemicals; and waste processing and incineration facilities classified as hazard classes I and II.
The relocation of these facilities will require modernization of their facilities and compliance of their manufacturing processes with modern environmental standards.
A special commission to improve air quality in the capital announced that one of the first such enterprises would be Uzikkilamchirangmet, located in an industrial zone in Yangikhayot district and specializing in the procurement, processing, and manufacturing of secondary non-ferrous metals.
The plant is classified as a Category I environmental hazard facility and will be relocated to a free economic zone in the Jizzakh province.
In October, the enterprise was issued a mandatory order and has been awarded indemnity fee for environmental damage of over 18 billion soums. Using the indemnity benefits, the outdated (1970s) and environmentally harmful smelting furnaces will be decommissioned, and the enterprise will continue operations "using more technologically advanced equipment that fully complies with modern environmental requirements."
The plant relocation alone is expected to prevent an average of 226.7 tons of pollutant emissions per year, the committee added.
It was previously reported that mandatory orders were also issued to the Tashkent Pipe Plant named after V. L. Galparin in Sergeli district (classified as an enterprise with a high level of environmental impact) and the capital's branch of Uzikkilamchirangmet, which sorts and presses scrap metal and is classified as a moderate impact.
