In the People’s Republic of China, higher income growth in urban and rural areas resulted in higher demand for energy and generation of more waste. Using the Asian Development Bank (ADB) innovative financing approach, a private company applied the waste-to-energy technology that increases electricity generating capacity without greenhouse gas emissions.

Read about ADB’s other energy projects in Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects.

This presentation identifies the strengths and challenges of the key development drivers in Uzbekistan. The municipal waste problem in the capital city of Tashkent is examined. It discusses Asian Development Bank's solid waste management improvement project in Uzbekistan and similar ongoing and planned projects in other countries of Central and West Asia.