Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources visited NKR plants

Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Nyssanbayev and Akim of North Kazakhstan region Gauez Nurmukhambetov visited key production sites of the North Kazakhstan region: a metal-plastic products plant, factories for the production of detergents and paper products, as well as subzone No. 3 of the special economic zone "Qyzyljar", where promising investment projects are being implemented.

During the visit, one of the largest ecological and industrial projects of the region, "Techno-Ecopark", aimed at creating a closed cycle for sorting, recycling municipal waste and producing finished products, was presented to the minister. The investment volume will amount to 54 billion tenge.

The project includes:

✅ a waste sorting and primary processing station,

✅ a paper products factory,

✅ a cardboard products factory,

✅ a metal-plastic products plant,

✅ as well as a new solid waste landfill in Petropavl, operating in integration with Techno-Ecopark.

The project will create 500 new jobs and an annual tax revenue of up to 3 billion tenge to the budget. As part of the development of the Qyzyljar SEZ, a 9-hectare site has been allocated for the construction of a paper and cardboard products factory. It is also planned to modernize two existing metal-plastic products factories in Petropavl and Beskol with an expansion of the production line.

This project is a step towards an environmentally sustainable future for the region, creating new jobs and developing the processing industry based on green technologies," the head of the region, Gauez Nurmukhambetov noted.