TIRANA, April 20 /ATA/ The project for building the entire waste management infrastructure in accordance with European standards was presented on Thursday in Kukes in a bid to tackle the problem of their treatment.
The Minister of Tourism and Environment, Mirela Kumbaro, visited Kukës on Thursday. Together with the mayor, Safet Gjici and the structures responsible for waste management Kumbaro outlined the most important investment in environment for the entire region.
Kumbaro said that “we presented the construction of the entire waste infrastructure, including the final disposal in Kukës waste management, as well as two new transfer stations in the municipalities of Tropoja and Has, as part of a project of the European Union under the Circular Economy Program, which will be implemented by the French Development Agency.”
“We ensure not only the physical investment, but also the equipment with high technology devices, vehicles, containers and of course create jobs for the citizens”, said Kumbaro.
Kumbaro said that “along with Gjirokastra, Kukës will have very soon a landfill according to all European standards tackling the problem of waste treatment, because we want Albania to be clean.”
The circular economy project with a focus on integrated waste management in the district of Gjirokastra and in the district of Kukes will include the feasibility study supported by the European Union funds for the integrated management of waste from the waste producer to the end of waste with a special emphasis on sorting out at source, recycling and environmental education.
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