Tourist villages in Kyrgyzstan teach fight against plastic pollution

The UN Environmental Environment (UNEP) program as part of the pilot project “Sustainable Tourism, Management of Plastic and Food Waste” teaches residents of Kyrgyz villages hosting tourists, combating plastic pollution.

“The Government of Kyrgyzstan, UNEP and the ESG Central Asia agency (ESG ecology, social policy and corporate administration) agreed on a joint project in the field of ecology regarding the topic of waste processing.

For a pilot project, in order to reduce plastic pollution, a village was chosen at the foot of the Tien Shan, attracting the attention of its unique natural beauty and valleys, as well as year-round accepting foreign tourists. In particular, we are talking about the village of Ak-Suu in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, where a waste management system was created as part of the pilot project.

So at the facilities taking tourists, separate containers are installed for plastic, glass and metal waste, and a waste collection and sorting point of waste was created in the center of the village.

In an interview with Anadol, the regional project coordinator Yunop Madina Ibraseva said that in order to implement the project for “sustainable tourism, the management of plastic and food waste” from among the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan was chosen.

“The project in Kyrgyzstan is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the World Environment, celebrated on June 5. Sustainable tourism, processing of plastic and food waste – these are global issues. The consequences of plastic pollution are felt all over the world. They cause harm not only to nature, but and human health, ”Ibraseva said.

According to her, the environmental protection is the responsibility of every citizen, “we have expanded the knowledge about what is a stable tourism. Separate containers for plastic, glass and metal are installed at objects taking tourists, and garbage collection points are opened In the center of the village, ”said Ibraseva.

The regional project coordinator UNEP noted that Kyrgyzstan made a very successful start in the context of the transition to the “green” economy.

In turn, the coordinator of the waste management project ESG Central Asia in Central Asia Natalya Baidakova drew attention to the fact that the project is aimed at reducing pollution in the tourism sector and supporting women entrepreneurs.