BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14. The State Agency for
Waste Management has been established in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
This is reflected in a decree on additional measures to improve
waste management, signed by the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
The agency is a body within the structure of the Ministry that
carries out state control, regulation, and coordination in the
field of waste management (waste generation, collection, sorting,
transportation, placement, processing, use, disposal,
neutralization, and burial) and collection of waste fees.
The Cabinet of Ministers must prepare and submit to the head of
state proposals on the following:
- within two months, drafts of the agency's statute and
structure, as well as the number of employees;
- on the improvement of the law "On waste" and other regulatory
legal acts related to waste management, taking into account
advanced international practice, within four months;
- on the project "National strategy for improving solid waste
management for 2027–2030" in coordination with the project
"Socio-economic development strategy for 2027–2030" within five
months;
In addition, the government must take necessary measures within
two months to resolve the issues of the agency's logistical
support, finance its maintenance costs, provide it with an
administrative building, and resolve other issues arising from the
decree.
