Minster of Environment and Tourism N. Tserenbat visited waste processing plants in Ulaanbaatar and received feedback and comments from plant owners and workers.
There are 16 waste processing plants in UB and one of them, Monplastic, recycles plastic waste and produces semi-processed pipes and small bins. According to the plant's owner, although the plant has the capacity to process 1,200 tons of plastic per year, its current operational capacity is only at 30 to 40 percent due to improper recycling practices.
Sain Tsaas, a company that recycles cardboard boxes to produce packaging materials, told the minister that it has the capacity to process 20 to 25 tons of paper products per day. The plant's owners expressed their readiness to supply the state with their recycled products if appropriate support was offered through procurement regulations.
After receiving comments and feedback from the plants' owners, Minister N. Tserenbat said, “The ministry has set up a working group to draft a bill on "Eco" payment, which designed to resolve issues related to the use of disposable plastic bags, procuring packaging materials from domestic companies, and customs fees on the import of similar products. A key regulation of the law would be the allocation of 50 percent of the income generated by the law's enforcement going to domestic producers.”
Minster of Environment and Tourism N. Tserenbat visited waste processing plants in Ulaanbaatar and received feedback and comments from plant owners and workers.
There are 16 waste processing plants in UB and one of them, Monplastic, recycles plastic waste and produces semi-processed pipes and small bins. According to the plant's owner, although the plant has the capacity to process 1,200 tons of plastic per year, its current operational capacity is only at 30 to 40 percent due to improper recycling practices.
Sain Tsaas, a company that recycles cardboard boxes to produce packaging materials, told the minister that it has the capacity to process 20 to 25 tons of paper products per day. The plant's owners expressed their readiness to supply the state with their recycled products if appropriate support was offered through procurement regulations.
After receiving comments and feedback from the plants' owners, Minister N. Tserenbat said, “The ministry has set up a working group to draft a bill on "Eco" payment, which designed to resolve issues related to the use of disposable plastic bags, procuring packaging materials from domestic companies, and customs fees on the import of similar products. A key regulation of the law would be the allocation of 50 percent of the income generated by the law's enforcement going to domestic producers.”