Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Kazakhstan · 2022
Arrests at Kazakhstan recycling fee operator; $1.58 billion reported collected
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A private operator that collected Kazakhstan's recycling fee was reported to have gathered $1.58 billion, and its president and a deputy minister were arrested. At stake for nature is whether money raised under the recycling fee reaches recycling.
What?
Arrests at a private operator that collected Kazakhstan's recycling fee, with $1.58 billion reported as collected. RFE/RL
Where?
Kazakhstan RFE/RL
When?
Reported January 2022 RFE/RL
Who?
Gained
- Private recycling-fee operator — Reported to have collected $1.58 billion in recycling fees RFE/RL
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A private operator collected the fee; its president and a deputy minister were arrested. RFE/RL
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
RFE/RL reported arrests at the private operator that collects Kazakhstan's recycling fee.
The operator was reported to have collected $1.58 billion, and its president and a deputy minister were arrested.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say which government body the fee was paid to, or how the money was spent.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state charges or outcomes for the arrested officials.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Arrests at recycling fee operatorRFE/RL · 2022-01