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STATUS ASSESSMENT
Support to local municipalities in the Western Balkan region in
the implementation of the 3R concept
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Target region
Drina river basin
• one of the most relevant trans-boundary watercourse in the
Western Balkans
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Target region
Drina river basin
• ideal pilot area for addressing cross-border and
inter-regional aspects of integrated solid waste management
• unique natural resources• high environmental pressure on the
ecosystem• activities built on Drina River Committee (DRC)
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Municipalities within the Drina River basin
FEDERATION BiH REPUBLIKA SRPSKA MONTENEGRO SERBIA
Banovici
Bjjeljina
Bijelo Polje
Bogatic
Foca-Ustikolina Bratunac Savnik Loznica Gorazde Cajnice Kolasin
Valjevo Kalesija Foca Pluzine Uzice Kladanj Han Pjesak Mojkovac
Cajetina Olovo Lopare Pljevlja Sabac
Pale-Praca Milici Plav Nova Varos
Sapna Novo Gorazde Berane Prijepolje
Teocak Osmaci Zabljak Osecina
Trnovo Pale Andrijevica Bajina Basta Tuzla Rogatica Mali
Zvornik
Zivinice Rudo Krupanj
Sekovici Priboj Sokolac Sjenica
Srebrenica Ljubovij
Uglje Vik
Visegrad Vlasenica
Zvornik
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Waste collection
• 35 – 90%• outdated vehicles, their number insufficient•
frequency depends on population density
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Landfills
• Only one municipality is part of a regional waste diposal
system
• Rest of the landfills are not sanitary, do not comply with EU
standards
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Regional waste disposal systems
Numerous obstacles:
• Disagreement on the main points of cooperation
• Location, size of the area covered• Financial mechanisms
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Illegal dumping
• inadequate waste infrastructure leads to illegal dumping
• initiatives for cleaning up• local solutions
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Recycling, reuse, composting, incineration
• Examples of some local initiatives
• Only a handful of companies dealing with treatment of
secundary raw materials
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Waste collection fee
• 2 to 3.50 EUR/household• Majority pays per m2
• Unit pricing rare• Does not cover operational costs• Ethical
pricing? Ethical collection system?
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Drina and waste
• Non-sanitary landfills, illegal dumpsites in close poximity of
Drina
• 30% of floating waste ends up in riverbed
• Damages hydropower dams
• Inter-state problem
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Tamás KállayRegional Environmental Center for Central and
Eastern Europe
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
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