31 July 2026, Almaty - A team from the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), led by Executive Director Mr. Batyr Mammedov, held a meeting with Ms. Sophie Young, Director and CEO of the Turkish States Innovation Hub (TSIH).

Dr. Navruz Khotamov Director, Regional Waste Management Center, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Key National expert for “WasteMAP: Empowering Methane Action in Central Asia's Waste Sector” project  Ask most people to name a major source of methane emissions, and they will likely mention oil and gas fields, leaking pipelines, or flaring towers. Few would think of the local landfill. Yet solid waste disposal sites are one of the most significant, and most overlooked, sources of this powerful greenhouse gas, and the case for treating them with the same urgency as the fossil fuel sector is stronger than most people realize.