The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Uzbekistan

The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Uzbekistan provides a detailed assessment of the current situation of e-waste statistics, legislation, and management infrastructure in the country. The primary objective of this report is to assist the Uzbekistan in identifying decisive measures to improve the e-waste management system.

According to UNITAR’s E-waste Collected Tool, e-waste generation is projected to increase by approximately 5 kilotons (kt) annually, reaching nearly 268 kt per year by 2050—almost double the 2019 figure of 139.7 kt. However, the country presently lacks capacity to effectively address the growing e-waste challenge.

Forecasting the environmental and socio-economic impacts of e-waste, the report sets out the directions of development of e-waste management system in Uzbekistan to 2050 in two contrasting scenarios, focusing on the associated opportunities to avert environmental and health impacts and recycle valuable materials.

Building on this analysis, the report provides recommendations and a practical national roadmap for environmentally sound management of future e-waste developed as part of research, training, and national stakeholder dialogues. The recommendations and roadmap include the essential steps to enhance legislation and statistics, develop infrastructure and technologies, support e-waste collection and recycling, and strengthen e-waste prevention and reuse. Key measures include defining the roles and responsibilities of authorized state bodies in e-waste management, creating financial incentives to support recycling efforts such as through the implementation of extended producer responsibility, and increasing public awareness of e-waste issues.

The establishment of a national e-waste monitor marks the initial step toward ensuring an updated baseline to strengthen the capacity of Uzbekistan to effectively manage the e-waste sector.