SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Compared to when dldp 2 started supporting partner LGUs comprehensively in waste management, additional 112’700 persons have now access to waste management services in the Shkodra and Lezha regions (from 104’600 inhabitants in 2010 to 217’300 inhabitants in 2012).
• 7 out of the 18 supported LGUs have started providing waste services for the first time. The local budget allocation for the waste service has been increased in all supported LGUs on an average of 11 %.
• 5 out of 18 LGUs have now formal recycling activities in their territories. In Lezha 1047 tons/year are recycled and in Shkodra 550 tons/year. In 2007 at the start of dldp, there were neither recycling facilities available nor any official recycling was taking place in LGUs at all.
• A manual on local waste management planning cost was developed and is a broadly consulted tool for planning and implementing local waste management service according to the national strategy. It is recognized by national authorities.
• A study on ‘Optimization model of waste collection and transport in Albania’ was conducted.
• Through this study 54 LGUs of Shkodra and Lezha have been provided with a detailed cost analysis of waste services with the potentials for cost optimization. For 22 LGUs it is the very first time that cost of the service were calculated. If the foreseen scenarios in the study will be implemented, service costs can be reduced by up to 40%.
• As stated in the last EU report European Commission (2013) implementing legislation in waste took place only in three regions, two of which covered from dldp. Hence, the dldp experiences and results have been used to develop regional plans in Shkodra and Lezha.