TIRANA, April 23 /ATA/- The Digital Solid Waste Reuse Project for the Balkans (S.W.A.N) is a project that is in the process of implementation in the Balkan countries: Albania, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria at an estimated a value of EUR 968. 000.
This project is co-financed by EU and national funding of participating countries.
The project aims to develop an Interactive Technology and Information Platform between the Balkan countries and the Mediterranean basin, which will create and manage at local level in the participating countries a value chain for solid, non-hazardous waste.
In this way, it promotes the green economy as part of a circular economy leading to society with zero waste.
Ministry of Tourism and Environment in Albania as the institution responsible for drafting strategies and policies in this area will be the main project partner for Albania.
The association “Iliria” as an environmental association with an outstanding role in protection of environmental issues, will complement the contribution of civil society, particularly with regard to the parties of interest, industries and local authorities.
This project is encouraging and linking up the industrial and commercial waste producers within the region, the country, or between the Balkan countries, to reuse, recycle and regenerate their waste in raw material for other industries.
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