Illegal Landfills in Sixteen Municipalities of Kosovo

AUTHOR(S):

Ilir Morina, Naser Bajraktari, Rifat Morina, Shkumbin Shala, Tafë Veselaj

TITLE

Illegal Landfills in Sixteen Municipalities of Kosovo

ABSTRACT

The waste management system in Kosovo is in an unsatisfactory situation, which presents a major problem for Kosovo. Approximately, the population covered with waste collection services is around 50%. This means that a huge amount of waste is burned either through away near rivers or inappropriate places as illegal landfills. The Law on Waste obliges municipalities to issue a register of illegal landfills in their territory within a period of one year In 16 municipalities1062 illegal landfills were identified. In Drenas municipality most of the illegal landfills with huge surface with more than 400 m2. Based on the results we can conclude that huge amount of waste it is not going to the landfills but are thrown away by populations.

KEYWORDS

Illegal landfills, Kosovo, municipalities, waste, KEPA, dumpsites

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Cite this paper

Ilir Morina, Naser Bajraktari, Rifat Morina, Shkumbin Shala, Tafë Veselaj. (2017) Illegal Landfills in Sixteen Municipalities of Kosovo. International Journal of Environmental Science, 2, 48-53