Regulation of biomedical waste management in Kazakhstan during the pandemic in the context of best practices
Nukusheva A. Abdizhami A. Rustembekova D. Zhaxybekova F. Kabzhanov A.
October 2023Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2023#195Issue 10
The COVID-19 pandemic actualized questions about the proper management of biomedical waste while creating several regulatory challenges and requiring countries to look for an appropriate response. These issues have become particularly relevant for Kazakhstan, where waste management issues traditionally face inefficient legal regulation and are particularly acute. This study aims to answer the question of what regulatory problems Kazakhstan currently face in the area of proper biomedical waste management, and how existing foreign experience can help solve them. The present study highlights several pertinent challenges within the context of medical waste management. These include issues concerning the licencing activities associated with waste management, the absence of well-defined regional plans for the management of medical waste and the lack of effective strategies to address the proper handling and disposal of this specific category of waste. At the same time, there are reasons to say that the country requires additional technical and expert support in the field of medical waste management.
Biomedical waste management , COVID-19 , Environment , Hazardous biomedical waste , Regulation , Response measures
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Department of Civil and Labour Law, Karaganda University Named After Academician E.A. Buketov, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Department of Legal Disciplines, Academy Bolashaq, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Department of Criminal Justice, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of Civil and Labour Law
Department of Legal Disciplines
Department of Criminal Justice
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