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and final disposal). They are also responsible for preparing local and regional
plans on waste management; suggesting the appropriate location for landfills in
their territory; and defining fees.
The EU CARDS 2006 project “Implementation of the national plan for the approximation
of environmental legislation” is expected to improve legislation and
enable the effective control of solid waste management. A main component of the
project is to develop the institutional capacity of the MoEFWA. The National
Waste Management Plan and Strategy will be drafted approximately by the end of
2010 after the Law on Waste Management has been adopted (planned by the end
of 2009). There is a development project for Korca region, supported by Kf W in
cooperation with Sida and the Albanian Government, to construct a regional sanitary
landfill in the city of Maliq to serve the Korca region. The institutional framework
for the project is also under development. Another example is the landfill
being constructed in Bushat, where the landfill management body and collection
system have already been established.
Approximately 36 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina is covered by municipal
solid waste management services. The municipalities are responsible for organising
waste management services in the form of municipal public utility companies.
Bosnia and Herzegovina still lacks adequate legislation for solving the issue of waste
management at state and entity level. Municipalities have attempted to compensate
for this deficiency by enforcing local regulations on waste management.
The 2003 National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) proposes two options
for an intermediate solution: regional landfills at 16 (entity option) or 14 (interentity
option) locations, which would ultimately result in the long-term solution
comprising six major regional landfills in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in Banja
Luka, Tuzla, Mostar, Bijeljina, Bihac and Livno. Since 2003, two sanitary regional
landfills have been built in Banja Luka and Sarajevo. The 2008 IPA project
“Strengthening of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Environmental Institutions, Preparation
for Pre-accession Funds and Support to Environmental Infrastructure Development”
is providing technical assistance to environmental infrastructure
investment project preparation (feasibility studies) for the regional landfills envisaged
in Gorazde, Srednje Bosanski canton, Visoko, Ljubuski region, Prijedor, Derventa
and Trebinje. This has been complemented by World Bank (IDA) loans for
Sarajevo, Zenica, Tuzla, Bihac, Banja Luka and Bijeljina. Also, during the implementation
of this project, 145 illegal dumpsites have been closed and remediated,
and another 40 are due for closure.
There are at present in Croatia mostly municipal public utility companies
dealing with waste management, and three regional companies in the process of
establishment. According to the National Waste Management Plan (NWMP)
for the period 2007 to 2015, the 21 Croatian counties are obliged to prepare
draft regional waste management plans. Counties are allowed to draft joint waste
management plans and form joint regional waste management companies to operate
the regional waste management centres (RWMCs). The final number of
RWMCs will therefore be 21 or fewer.
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