MANAGEMENT AND URBAN WASTE RECYCLING IN ALBANIA PRACTICE

This publication will be presenting a general information on urban waste management, as well as most used management methods in Albania and worldwide. Environment management in Albania will be a hot challenging point, trying to make a strong appeal on the existing situation. The existing situation indicates a real need for introducing recycling in the Albanian practice: the existing situation, the waste treatment cycle, technological aspects etc. This publication presents, on basis of real values and findings, the real possibilities and the phenomena perspective, embracing the contemporaneous practices and needs. A positive output on addressing this issue in Albania would be obtained by: drafting a strategy on abandoned industrial areas waste management, where environmental and health risks should be considered too; monitoring and fighting pollution in risky areas etc; addressing the need for closing existing damps which constitute a risk for health and environment; drafting a strategy on sustainable urban waste treatment, where drafting new legal framework and relevant demonstration areas should be considered too, especially those arising Public Awareness On Urban Waste Management.