Regional Workshop on Recycling

20-21 September 2011Ministry of Environment and Water, Tirana, Albania

Country: Kosovo

Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency

Afrim Berisha &

Tafe Veselaj

Content

• Status of recycling,

• Main challenges for increased recycling,

• Current projects within recycling,

• Planned projects within recycling.

Component 1:

Status of recycling

Legal bases for recycling

• Law on Environment Protection, • Law on Waste,• Law for Water and Waste Regulatory Office.

• Regulations and sub-legal acts for waste management and recycling.

EU waste directives and harmonisation at Kosovo National Legislation

Nr. Name of the Directive Harmonisation of National Legislation

(%)1 Waste directive (2006/12/EC) 95 %

2 Directive on packaging waste(94/62/EC)

88 %

3 Directive on the landfill of waste(99/31/EC)

77 %

4 Directive on the incineration of waste (2000/76/EC)

69 %

Institutions

• Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning• Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency• Waste and Water Regulatory Office• Municipalities-Local Government• Kosovo Landfill Management Company - KLMC• Regional Public Companies

Fractions of municipal wastes

Organic 35.3%

Glass 21,0%

Wood 11,0 %

Plastic 9,4%

Textile 8,2%

Hazardous 1,2%

Waste Collection types

Average for Kosovo

56%

44%

"Door to Door Collective dwellings

Annual average of waste generation (kg/capita)

Nr RegionWaste quantity/

tonneNumber of inhabitants

Waste quantity per capita (kg/year)

1. Prishtinë 84,047.70 892,506 94

2. Prizren 40,574.13 423,797 96

3.Pejë 21,677 383,494 56

4. Mitrovicë 31.727 316,975 100

5. Gjilan 52,120.75 366,442 142

Average 46.029 97.6

Recycling in Kosovo

• No organized national recycling system

….

• Local businesses

• Small projects

• NGO activities

• Initiatives

• Schools & Institutions

Recycled materials

• Paper and Card

• Cans and Metals

• Plastics

• Glass

Good Examples 1

New Government

building

Good Examples 2

Some areas of Prishtina municipality

Good Examples 3

Peja Brewery in the market has over 3 million bottles, manages to recycle 50%

Estimated that 100 million kg. of glass generated each year

Good Examples 3

Local business for paper recycling

Good Examples 4

Local business for aluminum recycling

Good Examples 5

Estimated that 90 million kg. of plastic generated each year or 1.4.million m3- (GTZ Report -2002)

-Factory Inova –Gjakove-A-COM-Mitrovice- Plastika-Fushe Kosove

Good Examples 6

Local business for plastic recycling

Good Examples 7

Small factory for waste recycling

Good Examples 8

factory for waste

recycling

Expected- recycling and processing of used oils-25 tons

per day

Quantity of waste recycled

Type of material Quantity t/month

Metal 3018.9

Paper 940

Plastic 128

Organic waste 52.5

Tires 4

Component 2:

Main challenges for increased recycling

Five main challenges for increased recycling

• Lack of effective mechanisms for waste separation and recycling;

• Lack of projects and investments for waste recycling;• Low payment for waste collection services;• Insufficient cooperation between relevant institutions;• Lack of education and awareness for waste separation

and recycling;

…

Component 3:

Current projects within recycling

Current projects within recycling 1

• No specific project at national level within recycling

• There are some projects supported by donors which are linked with recycling:– Modernization of local services- Supporting municipalities for waste

management and recycling-GIZ .– Recycling electrical and electronic equipment- Pilot project in three

municipalities supported by Norwegian Government.– Kosovo Private Enterprise Program (KPEP),Supporting local

companies for processing and recycling of metals, financed by USAID.

– Cardboard Collection Project (CCP) — Pilot Project Initiating Viable Recycling Industry- Financed by Mercy Corps.

– Local businesses - waste processing and recycling.

Current projects within recycling 2

Legislation and Strategy

• Finalization of Waste Management Strategy, • Finalization of Waste Management Action Plan, • Approving of Eco found law ,• Decentralization of waste management

competences at local level.

Component 4:

Planned projects within recycling

Planned projects within recycling

• Project planned at Waste Management Action Plan 2011-2021– Establishment of solid waste recycling centers;– Improvement of technical equipment for waste separation,

collection and recycling,– Construction of factory for waste mechanical and biological

treatment;– Development program for advanced education in waste

management.

• Other project– Supporting small recycling projects and initiatives,– Awareness campaigns for waste recycling education.

Planned projects within recycling 2

Legislation and decentralization

• Transposition of EU directives for waste recycling in national legislation,

• Implementation of Eco found law,• Capacity building for waste management and waste

recycling at local level, • Supporting municipalities on waste management and

recycling.

Afrim Berisha

Kosovo EnvironmentalProtection Agency

Email:afrim.berisha@ks-gov.net