Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Natural Resources says the second phase of construction on a waste recycling plant will get underway in Bishkek. Building the facility in stages lets the project grow step by step rather than all at once. A working plant would give the capital a way to sort refuse for reuse instead of sending it to open dumps. Bishkek's rubbish volumes have grown with the city, and landfill pressure is one of its steady environmental headaches. The ministry presented the launch as part of wider work on waste management across the country. Details on dates and the size of the next phase were not given in the announcement. When the plant reaches full operation, it would be one of the capital's main answers to a problem piling up year after year.