Zaječar, Serbia

(17.11.2018)

Serbia has made progress in the development of a legislative framework in the field of waste management by harmonizing existing laws with current EU legislation. The Serbian legal framework for waste management is driven by the Law on Waste Management, officially established in 2009 and the Amendments to the Law on Waste Management (2016).

According to National Waste Management Strategy, establishing 27 waste management regions in Serbia for the purpose of municipal waste management is regarded.  The collection of MSW in the Republic of Serbia is done by Municipaly owned Communal Companies and predominantly based on the collection of mixed waste. The proportion of the population falling under an organized collection system in Serbia is around 60–65%.

Municipalities in Eastern Serbia (City of Zaječar and the municipalities of Majdanpek, Negotin, Kladovo, Bor, Knjaževac and Boljevac) agreed to cooperate on municipal waste management and have signed the Joint Municipal Waste Management Agreement in 2014. They have established Joint Coordination Committee in order to lead the Project implementation. Regional Development Agency Eastern Serbia - RARIS manages the Project implementation, and performs tasks for the Coordination Committee in cooperation with the competent services of the signatories of the Agreement and the relevant ministries.

 

Eastern Serbia

Population – 228.938
Territory – 6.606 km2
Number of households - 83.068
Persons per household – 2,74
Number of settlements - 238
Urban population – 54,54%
Rural population – 45,46%

 

Data on municipal territories and population

Municipality	Population	Number of households	Number of settlements	Persons per household
Zaječar	59.461	21.031	42	2.83
Boljevac	12.994	4.495	20	2.89
Bor	48.615	17.103	14	2.84
Kladovo	20.635	7.745	23	2.66
Majdanpek	18.686	7.216	14	2.59
Negotin	37.056	13.906	39	2.66
Knjaževac	31.491	11.572	85	2.7

The goal of the Project is a construction of a Regional Centre for Municipal Waste Management in Halovo.

In this way, the beneficiaries of the project want to achieve the following objectives:

• minimization/reduction of waste, reduction of resources consumpted and minimization of harmful characteristics of waste,
• increased utilization of waste or reuse of products for the same or other purposes, recycling and waste treatment in order to obtain raw materials for production, composting organic waste, use of waste as a fuel for energy production, etc,
• treatment of the municipal waste in accordance with the Law and regulations,
• achievement of other objectives set in the National Waste Management Strategy.

Implementation of the Project is done in close cooperation with the Ministry for environment.

 

Project data

Quantities of generated waste in the project region

Data	TOTAL
Measured t/week	1.163
Total waste collected for the all municipalities (whole region) t/year	60.689
Generated kg/inhabitant per day	0.95
Generated kg/inhabitant per year	347
Total waste generated for the all municipalities (whole region) t/year	78.328
No. of people served	174.490
Coverage of the population by municipal services in percentage	76.22%

 

Composition of waste (more than 3%)

Garden waste	23.16%
Other biodegradable waste	34.66%
paper	3.96%
cardboard	3.74%
glass	3.01%
PET bottles	4.08%
plastic bags	6.97%
diapers	3.87%
Fine elements <10mm	6.94%

 

Project status

• Location of the Regional Centre for Municipal Waste Management “Halovo” was determined. The location is next to the existing local landfill of Zajecar.
• Detailed regulation plan „Halovo“ was officially adopted.
• Faculty for Technical Science from Novi Sad developed Regional Waste Management Plan, Contract for its implementation and the Regional Waste Management Plan Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment. Ministry for Environment officially approved Regional Waste Management Plan and Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment in October 2018th. Cities and municipalities officially adopted Regional Waste Management Plan in 2019th.
• Project will be implemented through PPP – Public Private Partnership, according to the Serbian Law on Public Private Partnership and concessions and the Law on Public Procurement. Municipalities (project partners) and RARIS, have selected consultants in October 2018 to lead the process of PPP and to prepare international tender for selecting operator for Regional Centre.
• Project PPP was developed by consultants and approved by Joint Coordination Committee in October 2019. The PPP Project is awaiting approval at the State commission for PPP.
• Public call/international tender for PPP is under preparation and it is expected to be launched during 2021.