Department of Civil and Labour Law, Karaganda University Named After Academician E.A. Buketov, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Department of Criminal Justice, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Environ Monit Assess. 2023 Sep 10;195(10):1179. doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-11794-6.
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.
新冠疫情使人们关注到生物医学废物的妥善管理问题，同时也带来了一些监管方面的挑战，要求各国寻找应对措施。这些问题在哈萨克斯坦尤为突出，因为废物管理问题传统上一直面临着低效的法律监管，而且情况尤其严峻。本研究旨在回答哈萨克斯坦在妥善管理生物医学废物方面目前面临哪些监管问题，以及现有的外国经验如何帮助解决这些问题。本研究强调了医疗废物管理方面的几个相关挑战。其中包括与废物管理相关的许可活动问题、缺乏明确界定的区域医疗废物管理计划，以及缺乏有效策略来妥善处理和处置这一特定类别的废物。同时，也有理由说，该国在医疗废物管理领域需要额外的技术和专家支持。
