Uzbekcosmos detects nearly 2,000 illegal landfills!
According to the results of space monitoring conducted by the agency in the field of ecology this year, 1,928 illegal landfills covering an area of approximately 721 hectares have been identified across Uzbekistan. Among them, 123 landfills, with a total area of 255.5 hectares, were recorded as located outside designated waste storage sites, while 1,805 landfills, covering 465.2 hectares, were classified as unauthorized waste disposal sites.
Specifically, the illegal landfills were distributed as follows:
• Republic of Karakalpakstan: 243 landfills (63.2 hectares)
• Khorezm region: 168 (22 hectares)
• Bukhara region: 92 (91.7 hectares)
• Navoi region: 216 (112.4 hectares)
• Samarkand region: 147 (41.2 hectares)
• Kashkadarya region: 81 (79.3 hectares)
• Andijan region: 180 (42 hectares)
• Namangan region: 195 (65.2 hectares)
• Fergana region: 164 (51 hectares)
• Tashkent region: 363 (98.6 hectares)
• Jizzakh region: 39 (30.44 hectares)
• Surkhandarya region: 40 (20.11 hectares)
The creation of such illegal waste disposal sites poses significant environmental and ecological threats. These sites negatively impact the quality of soil, water, and air while also contributing to an increase in harmful insects, infectious diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory illnesses among the population.
Press Service of the Uzbekcosmos Agency
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According to the results of space monitoring conducted by the agency in the field of ecology this year, 1,928 illegal landfills covering an area of approximately 721 hectares have been identified across Uzbekistan. Among them, 123 landfills, with a total area of 255.5 hectares, were recorded as located outside designated waste storage sites, while 1,805 landfills, covering 465.2 hectares, were classified as unauthorized waste disposal sites.
Specifically, the illegal landfills were distributed as follows:
• Republic of Karakalpakstan: 243 landfills (63.2 hectares)
• Khorezm region: 168 (22 hectares)
• Bukhara region: 92 (91.7 hectares)
• Navoi region: 216 (112.4 hectares)
• Samarkand region: 147 (41.2 hectares)
• Kashkadarya region: 81 (79.3 hectares)
• Andijan region: 180 (42 hectares)
• Namangan region: 195 (65.2 hectares)
• Fergana region: 164 (51 hectares)
• Tashkent region: 363 (98.6 hectares)
• Jizzakh region: 39 (30.44 hectares)
• Surkhandarya region: 40 (20.11 hectares)
The creation of such illegal waste disposal sites poses significant environmental and ecological threats. These sites negatively impact the quality of soil, water, and air while also contributing to an increase in harmful insects, infectious diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory illnesses among the population.
Press Service of the Uzbekcosmos Agency
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Uzbekcosmos detects nearly 2,000 illegal landfills!
According to the results of space monitoring conducted by the agency in the field of ecology this year, 1,928 illegal landfills covering an area of approximately 721 hectares have been identified across Uzbekistan. Among them, 123 landfills, with a total area of 255.5 hectares, were recorded as located outside designated waste storage sites, while 1,805 landfills, covering 465.2 hectares, were classified as unauthorized waste disposal sites.
Specifically, the illegal landfills were distributed as follows:
• Republic of Karakalpakstan: 243 landfills (63.2 hectares)
• Khorezm region: 168 (22 hectares)
• Bukhara region: 92 (91.7 hectares)
• Navoi region: 216 (112.4 hectares)
• Samarkand region: 147 (41.2 hectares)
• Kashkadarya region: 81 (79.3 hectares)
• Andijan region: 180 (42 hectares)
• Namangan region: 195 (65.2 hectares)
• Fergana region: 164 (51 hectares)
• Tashkent region: 363 (98.6 hectares)
• Jizzakh region: 39 (30.44 hectares)
• Surkhandarya region: 40 (20.11 hectares)
The creation of such illegal waste disposal sites poses significant environmental and ecological threats. These sites negatively impact the quality of soil, water, and air while also contributing to an increase in harmful insects, infectious diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory illnesses among the population.
Press Service of the Uzbekcosmos Agency
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According to the results of space monitoring conducted by the agency in the field of ecology this year, 1,928 illegal landfills covering an area of approximately 721 hectares have been identified across Uzbekistan. Among them, 123 landfills, with a total area of 255.5 hectares, were recorded as located outside designated waste storage sites, while 1,805 landfills, covering 465.2 hectares, were classified as unauthorized waste disposal sites.
Specifically, the illegal landfills were distributed as follows:
• Republic of Karakalpakstan: 243 landfills (63.2 hectares)
• Khorezm region: 168 (22 hectares)
• Bukhara region: 92 (91.7 hectares)
• Navoi region: 216 (112.4 hectares)
• Samarkand region: 147 (41.2 hectares)
• Kashkadarya region: 81 (79.3 hectares)
• Andijan region: 180 (42 hectares)
• Namangan region: 195 (65.2 hectares)
• Fergana region: 164 (51 hectares)
• Tashkent region: 363 (98.6 hectares)
• Jizzakh region: 39 (30.44 hectares)
• Surkhandarya region: 40 (20.11 hectares)
The creation of such illegal waste disposal sites poses significant environmental and ecological threats. These sites negatively impact the quality of soil, water, and air while also contributing to an increase in harmful insects, infectious diseases, lung cancer, and respiratory illnesses among the population.
Press Service of the Uzbekcosmos Agency
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