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<p>Solid waste management is one of the most environmentally challenging issues in Kosovo. Still there is not full coverage with waste collection service, there are a lot of illegal dumpsites, very few recycling initiatives and so on. In the study, we have investigated waste generation per day, solid waste characterization and recycling potential in two municipalities of Kosovo – Decan and Junik. The data were collected during 10 days in different locations in order to cover the whole territory of both municipalities. Both municipalities generate almost the same amount of waste per capita/kg/day, have very similar waste characterization when half of the waste is biodegradable. Only by selling recycling type of waste to waste treatment companies both of the municipalities generate incomes that can be used to improve waste management in their territory. So, as far as these municipalities start with waste separation, better waste management will be within their territory.</p>
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Solid waste management is one of the most environmentally challenging issues in Kosovo. Still there is not full coverage with waste collection service, there are a lot of illegal dumpsites, very few recycling initiatives and so on. In the study, we have investigated waste generation per day, solid waste characterization and recycling potential in two municipalities of Kosovo – Decan and Junik. The data were collected during 10 days in different locations in order to cover the whole territory of both municipalities. Both municipalities generate almost the same amount of waste per capita/kg/day, have very similar waste characterization when half of the waste is biodegradable. Only by selling recycling type of waste to waste treatment companies both of the municipalities generate incomes that can be used to improve waste management in their territory. So, as far as these municipalities start with waste separation, better waste management will be within their territory.

Solid Waste Characterization and Recycling Potential for Decan and Junik Municipality

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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Solid waste management is one of the most environmentally challenging issues in Kosovo. Still there is not full coverage with waste collection service, there...

Type of waste	Amount/kg	Recycled amount/70%^**	Price^*	Economic value
Plastics	18720	13104	0.40	5241.6
Paper	18000	12600	0.04	504
Glass	42240	33768	0.20	6753.6
Metal	8640	6048	0.56	3386.88
Total				15886.08

Nr.	Waste type	Deçan (%)
1	Organic waste	52.4
2	Paper and Cartoon	5
3	Plastics	5.2
4	Glass	13.4
5	Textile	11
6	Metal	2.4
8	Hazardous waste	0.4
9	Construction and Demolition waste	1.3
10	Others	9
	Total	100

Recycled waste	Recycled waste amount ton/year
Plastics	118.15
Paper	106.33
Glass	337.43
Metal	66.16
Total	628.07

Nr.	Waste type	Deçan (%)
1	Organic waste	53.62
2	Paper and Cartoon	4.5
3	Plastics	5
4	Glass	14.28
5	Textile	10.5
6	Metal	2.8
8	Hazardous waste	0.3
9	Construction and Demolition waste	1
10	Others	8
	Total	100

Recycled waste	Recycled waste amount ton/year
Plastics	18.72
Paper	18
Glass	48.24
Metal	8.64
Total	93.6

Solid Waste Characterization and Recycling Potential for Decan and Junik Municipality

Pubblicato online: 31 mar 2021

Pagine: 1 - 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2021-0001

Parole chiave
Waste, recycling, waste characterization, Kosovo

© 2021 Mimoza Hyseni Spahiu et al., published by Sciendo

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Economic value of recycled waste in Decan municipality

Waste characterization in Junik municipality

Yearly amount of recycled waste in Decan municipality

Waste characterization in Decan municipality

Yearly amount of recycled waste in Junik municipality

Solid Waste Characterization and Recycling Potential for Decan and Junik Municipality

Pubblicato online: 31 mar 2021

Pagine: 1 - 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2021-0001

Parole chiaveWaste, recycling, waste characterization, Kosovo

© 2021 Mimoza Hyseni Spahiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Economic value of recycled waste in Decan municipality

Waste characterization in Junik municipality

Yearly amount of recycled waste in Decan municipality

Waste characterization in Decan municipality

Yearly amount of recycled waste in Junik municipality

Parole chiave
Waste, recycling, waste characterization, Kosovo