Temirkhanov, N.N. Kenzhebayev United Chemical Company LLP D. Kunayev str., 8, block B, floor 34, Astana, Kazakhstan, 010000 Waste utilization problems are of current importance and they are relatedtothe principles of Green Economy and, thus, present one of the most important ecologic factors for improving environmental quality. <...> Key words: green economy, municipal solid wastes management, waste disposal sites, ecology, Kazakhstan, processing, utilization. <...> However still many problems require non-conventional measures for their solution. <...> During an extended meeting with the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana, January 2012) President raised an issue of wastes processing and utilization and gave call to urgently resolve the issue with treatment and processing of solid wastes. <...> For fulfilling Head of state’s instruction a work on analysis and assessment on current state of wastes treatment has been conducted. <...> Condition of municipal solid wastes (MSW) disposal sites. <...> Today there are 4587 disposal sites in the country, 3927 of them do not comply with ecologic and sanitary requirements. <...> At the same time 603 disposal sites (13%) have permits for emission into environment and relatively comply with active construction and sanitary norms. <...> Almaty region (or oblast): — on the territory of the oblast there are 772 human settlements, number of MSW disposal sites — 462, of which 10 (2.2%) — comply with ecologic and sanitary requirements; 452 (97.2%) — do not comply; — nofirms for collecting and further processing wastes containing mercury; — no permits forallocating wastes; — nolog book for wastes accounting is kept. <...> East Kazakhstan oblast: — throughout the region there are 590 localities — number of MSW disposal sites — 476, and 9 Fig. 1. <...> MSW disposal site near Almaty 41 Вестник РУДН, серия Экология и безопасность жизнедеятельности, 2014, № 3 (1.9%) of them conform to ecologic and sanitary requirements; 467 (98.1) — do not conform; — a problem with unauthorized landfills. <...> In 2011 12 unauthorized landfills were liquidated out of planned 20, 2262 m3 removed; — no MSW processing; — the construction of wastes processing facility is required in Semey city. <...> Pavlodar <...>