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The National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) envisages the construction
of up to 21 regional landfills, depending on the results of the regionalisation
process for waste utilities. As of February 2009, the Croatian Environmental Protection
and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) is assisting nine regional waste management
centre (RWMC) projects in preparing project documentation. Three out
of these nine projects have applied for IPA funds — Mariscina (Primorsko-goranska
county), Kastijun (Istria county) and Lecevica (Split-Dalmatia county) — while
the fourth (Bikarac in Sibenik-Knin county) has already received funding through
the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA). The phase one
costs for these RWMCs vary from around EUR 20 to 60 million, depending on the
size of the region. Despite progress, continuous efforts are needed for the remediation
of existing landfills and hotspots and the further establishment of systems for
the collection and management of waste streams. According to the EC, preparations
in this area are progressing well (EC SEC [2009] 1333).
In Kosovo (as defined under UNSCR 1244) an estimated 70 percent of all
waste is illegally dumped (on the streets, around rivers, lakes and mountains, and
in rural areas). Waste collection services cover approximately 39 percent of the population
(WWRO, 2009), and services are provided mainly in urban areas. There is
no separation of waste streams.
Kosovo (as defined under UNSCR 1244) has inherited 30 legal but non-sanitary
municipal landfills. Of these, 26 have been rehabilitated and closed with the
support of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR). Five new landfills
have been built (also funded by EAR), which are now used regularly for waste disposal.
Projects are currently being implemented on the rehabilitation of old landfills
in Prizren, Gjakova, Kacanik, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Lipjan. Another two projects
for non-municipal waste (medical and hazardous waste) are under preparation.
In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, regular waste collection services
are mainly limited to urban areas. In total, around 70 percent of the Macedonian
population benefit from regular waste collection services. (In rural
settlements the proportion is around 10 percent.) Municipal landfills do not comply
with sanitation standards, and waste disposal practices do not comply with any
technical and/or environmental standards. The NWMS envisages up to eight regional
landfills.
The 2008 National Environmental Investment Strategy (NEIS) includes a provision
for a call for proposals for the construction of eight regional sanitary waste
landfills and for the closure and reclamation of the existing 54 non-compliant municipal
landfills. According to the EC, investments in this area need to be increased
(EC SEC [2009] 1335).
Since 2008 there has been only one sanitary landfill functioning in Montenegro,
a (de facto) regional landfill serving the city of Podgorica and the town of
Danilovgrad and the surrounding settlements. The other existing landfills are legal
and illegal municipal non-sanitary landfills. According to the national plan for
waste management and one regional plan, the seven regional sanitary landfills still
required are due to be constructed, as well as an envisaged nine transfer stations,
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