ARP/II-Integrated Solid Waste Management

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The objective of the Azerbaijan Absheron Rehabilitation Program (AARP)/Integrated Solid Waste Management Project is to support the reform of the Greater Baku solid waste collection and disposal operations into an effective and sustainable system in the fields of:(i) improving environmental conditions at the existing waste disposal sites; (ii) building-up operational, management and communication capabilities; (iii) rollout of collection services; and (iv) data collection and planning. There are five components to the project. The first component is the institutional reform, capacity building and project management. This component will support: (a) the completion of strategic planning; (b) the legal, financial, and organizational corporatization and establishment; (c) the operationalization; and (d) capacity building of the new joint stock Solid Waste Management Company (SWMC). The second component is the balakhani landfill rehabilitation and management. The investment aims to upgrade operations at the current site, deal with the negative environmental impacts from site operations including the closure of inactive areas. It will finance equipment (weighbridges, bulldozers, etc) and civil works (fencing, waste coverage, drainage control, internal roads, etc.) to control environmental impacts and improve site-use effectiveness while other solid waste management options are developed. The third component is the closure and management of other dumps. It will finance closure and cleanup of the informal dumps and improve management (or close) formal sites identified in the strategic plan. The fourth component is the urgent collection equipment for under-served Baku districts. It will help increase service quality and availability throughout the region, including areas that now lack effective collection, by financing urgently needed trucks, containers and bins to improve solid waste collection coverage and service efficiency in the most acutely underserved areas of greater Baku. Finally, the fifth component is the technical preparation of post-project investments. It will finance feasibility studies and environmental impact assessments needed to develop landfill capacity and introduce transfer stations to maintain an effective enhanced collection system.