Uzbekistan plans to order cement producers to monitor air emissions

Uzbekistan’s State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection has announced plans to order all existing cement enterprises to establish sampling and analysis stations for sources of emissions into the air.

A draft resolution from the Cabinet of Ministers outlines the plan "to oblige all cement enterprises operating in Uzbekistan to establish automatic stations for sampling and analysis of samples at sources of atmospheric air pollution, as well as stationary observation points in the adjacent territory at the expense of the economic entities by 1 January 2022."

If this requirement is not met, measures are expected to be applied to the plants, up to and including the suspension of their activities. Uzbekistan ranked 16th in a list of the countries with the most polluted air in 2018, according to AirVisual.