INFORMATION

The amount of urban solid waste and inert, Charges Imposed by Local
Government for this service and information about business recycling urban solid
waste in Albania.
Ministry of Public Work and Transport is the central institution responsible for building the
infrastructure for solid waste management. Below will present an overview of the current
situation in the sector of solid waste management, based on concrete facts which are official
dates.

 The daily production of municipal waste per person:

In urban areas (50% of total population) - 0.8 kg / day

in rural areas (50% of total population) - 0.35 kg / day
 Table for urban waste and inert, for the past 7 years:

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Urban 571218 622400 633599 722729 722729 762353

waste

Inert 6988441 591000 645387 506540 506540 455866

waste

Total 1270059 1213000 1278986 1229269 1229269 1218219

 Taxes and fees in the area of solid waste:

Local government units have incomes from fees for cleaning and sanitation, based on
legal acts the local governments define themselves these fees.
Local government units have the right to set these fees for these categories of consumers:
households, businesses, and state institutions.

The following table is presented with the relevant fees for the main municipalities in
Albania :

Cleaning and sanitation tariffs for some Tariffs

key municipalities of the country Lek/ household /year
Tirana Municipality 5000 lek
Berat Municipality 1300 lek
Fier Municipality 1000 lek
Gjirokastra Municipality 1200 lek
Korça Municipality 900 lek
Elbasan Municipality 700 lek
Shkodra Municipality 2780 lek

 Recycling :

There are approximately 12,000 informal individual collectors and about 100 companies
for collecting various recyclable waste. The current situation regarding non municipal
hazardous waste infrastructure is extremely poor with most of that infrastructure being
provided by the private sector in terms of collection and recycling capacities. The
provision of these services and the associated infrastructure is extremely nascent and is
largely dependent on the availability of recycling materials of an appropriate quality. In
most cases this recycling industry is dependent on raw recyclable materials from outside
Albania. Recyclable materials are mainly paper, plastics, glass, used oil, batteries, and
cars coming out of use

Prepared by : Mark Lekgjonaj (Expert)

Directorate of Policies in Solid Waste
Ministry of Public Works and Transport