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Trash Management in Kosovo
Aresimi dhe aftesimi ne nderrmarsi ne Kosove. "Menagjimi i mbeturinav". Reterived November 7, 2012, from http://www.zarate-consult.de/kosvet3/alb/m5/KEET_M5_LU5_L1/menaxhimi_i_mbeturinave.html
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials, usually produced by human activity in an effort to reduce their effect on human health, aesthetics or comfort. In the last decades has been an emphasis on reducing the effects of waste materials in the natural world and the environment and finding those benefits.
Albania — European Environment Agency (EEA). (n.d.). European Environment Agency's home page — European Environment Agency (EEA). Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/countries/al/soertopic_view?topic=waste
Here we can see that how the INPEAL is helping Albanian country to manage their waste/trash. And they have bring some strategies which will be implemented in 2025.
The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia | 2009. (n.d.).Delegacija Evropske Unije u Republici Srbiji | Pocetna. Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://www.europa.rs/en/mediji/arhiva-vesti/2009/647/The+success+of+the+EU+project+is+a+step+forward+for+Serbia+in+the+European+integration+process.html
Here we can see how EU helped the Ministry of Health in Serbia to manage their medical waste. The donation that came from EU countries, has bring some positive thoughts to the Ministry of Health because they think that, now on they will be more prepared to manage medical wastes.The Serbian country is one of the most producers of medical waste in Balkan.
23/07/12, K. L. (n.d.). Macedonia, region aim to meet EU waste management standards (SETimes.com). Today (SETimes.com). Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2012/07/23/reportage-01
This article show the problem that Balkan sates are having with trash management. It explains that how EU has helped these states to manage their own waste/trash (medical waste, household waste etc.) However they are still having lots of problems especially Macedonia and Albania because they produce a large amount of waste with low opportunities to manage those trash/waste.
23/07/12, K. L. (n.d.). Macedonia, region aim to meet EU waste management standards (SETimes.com). Today (SETimes.com). Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2012/07/23/reportage-01
Here in this article we can see how the EU is supporting and helping the Balkan states to manage the the trash.
What is waste - A multitude of approaches and definitions | UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications. (n.d.). UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Home*. Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/waste/page/2853.aspx*
This is an article that talks about the different definitions and approaches to waste. It brings some definitions about what waste is, from the Basel Convention and the United Nations Statistics Division. It describes how waste can be defined by different criteria, such as origin, toxicity, management, etc.
Ramsey County PH. (n.d.). Ramsey County Online Home. Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/rt/types
Here in this article we can find the types of trash that company "Ramsey County" generate for each year. As we can see from this website there are different types of waste, for example: Construction and Demolition Waste, Electronic Waste,Food Waste and Organics,Household Hazardous Waste,Infectious Waste,Medication Waste,Municipal Solid Waste,Additional Resources.
Purcel, B. Steiner, M.(2007) " Modern Waste Management For Kosovo". Retrieved November 1, 2012, fromhttp://www.slideshare.net/BPfanpage/modern-waste-management-for-kosovo
In 2007 a workshop took place in Kosovo about the Modern Waste Management. Waste policy & law before or directives,must come waste policy. Bad policies make bad law and vice-versa. Laws without policies are even worse. Need to develop policy setting capacity to ensure consensus building before legal drafting 'The most useful step in improving the quality of legislation is the recognition that policy development is an essential precursor to drafting law' Laws without Policy, Kosovar Institute for policy research and development. This workshop also covered waste strategy, waste policy renew and also International work covering Kosovo, the Russian Federation, Lebanon and Ireland.
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The second phase will include the creation of adequate laws and finding a proper way to finance this project. Lately, new containers have been provided to the citizens. Among these containers, 250 of them were bought from the Municipality, and 50 others were provided from GIZ.Also, the leader of German organization GIZ, Gabriela Beker, has pleaded the citizens to pay attention and take care of the environment by paying the services that are offered to them. She added that, in the near future this organization will help in separating the trash into, plastic, paper and other materials, enabling the process of recycling.
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Since the rapid urbanization of our capital city the waste management has become a serious problem. Many companies have tried many different techniques and methods like Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. Prishtina has been experiencing many difficulties with waste collection. This Research plan will involve all companies of the trash management sector in the Municipality of Prishtina. Finally the action plan will be developed and it will be settled for the better management in waste collection.
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