For several days now, the courtyards of the high-rise buildings have resembled makeshift dumps, reports Astana TV. The trash bins are overflowing, surrounded by mountains of waste. Residents are outraged, as they have started paying nearly double for waste collection, yet the situation has only worsened.
The city administration has acknowledged the emergence of a waste crisis and promised to address the problematic areas in the coming days. It has been revealed that four companies are responsible for waste collection in the city, and a breakdown of equipment in one of them led to the accumulation of garbage.
Meanwhile, in Temirtau, the municipal enterprise is facing a different issue. They are unable to pay off the wage debts to the workers of the contracting organization.