Group Members: Adea Kelmendi, Anisa Bina, Fiona Podrima, Gemza Burgija, Gresa Zekaj

Municipal, Commercial, Industrial and Medical Wastes (Hazardous and Non-hazardous)

Ahmeti, Hysni. "Waste Management Report Dragash." N.p., 2010. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.kosovo.undp.org>.

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Most landfills built before the 1999 conflict were built and managed well below accepted standards.About, 35% of the population lives in urban areas and are services by municipal waste companies. Donors such as the EAR (European Agency for Reconstruction), have supported and financed programs for rehabilitation and closure of old municipal landfills (or dumpsites) and the reconstruction of new ones.  The new landfills are constructed in accordance with European Union standards, (geological, hydrological, topographical studies were undertaken), and there still remain problems associated with the lack of maintenance and especially on treating the leachate from the landfills.The general urban waste in kg per person in daily/monthly report in Kosovo, for year 2002 (based on data from waste companies enterprises).

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Kosovapress (2012), “Challenge of trading industrial waste” Retrieved  October, 25 2012 from <http://www.kosovapress.com/?cid=2,3,146128>

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By opening the workshop, the acting executive director of American Chamber of Commerce, Arian Zeka said that the industrial waste is a problem for environment, however at the same time they can be profitable as well, thus this was the objective of ACCK to initiate the discussion on trading the industrial waste.In the workshop, the representatives of private and public sector discussed over the past practices, categorization of waste and the way of treating them. The joint conclusion in the meeting was that this issue is not well regulated in the legal aspect and it should be treated by the respective ministries, as the industrial waste that can be profitable, if they are treated in appropriate way, they present high economic potential and they would be important generator of a considerable number of jobs and incomes, which could be used for rehabilitation of contaminated spaces. The participants emphasized as well the need to shorten the procedures of trading industrial waste.