CNIM recovers Baku’s household and hospital waste In the Republic of Azerbaijan, CNIM has since 2012 operated the largest household energy recovery facility in Eastern Europe, near Baku. The facility, which replaces a landfill, avoids the emission of 500,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum and protects the environment from pollution. An ambitious national program Prompted by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2006, the project is one of a series of measures taken by Azerbaijan Government to protect the environment. Overseen by the Ministry of Economic Development, the state-owned company Tamiz Shahar JSC, which is responsible for utilization of the solid municipal waste of Baku city, awarded CNIM the design, construction and operation for 20 years of an energy recovery facility.

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