Generally, up to 28 tailings are in use, out of which 13 have been filled already, and 13 - are functioning. The enterprise Vostokredmet has a wastes more 150 million tones. Part of this wastes result from uranium ore processing. Remained portion is amassed in tailings and as a waste-rock. The list of production wastes includes more than 400 denominations, including toxic ones.
Luminescent lamps relate to the category of dangerous waste.
Due to the lack of demercurisation setting their quantity increases year by year. A considerable quantity of pesticides is illegally stored on the territory of some households. About 2.4 thousand tones of agricultural toxic chemicals is stored on Vakhsh and Kanibadam specialized landfills. Inspite of the significant production decrease, the urgency of problem connected with the environmental pollution are still worsening. Annually about 4 million tones of communal waste disposed on 70 landfills is produced in the republic.