Zajecar, Serbia
Municipalities in Eastern Serbia (City of Zajecar and the municipalities of Majdanpek, Negotin, Kladovo, Bor, Knjazevac 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
|
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
- In 2022, the Faculty of Technical Sciences from Novi Sad prepared the Regional Waste Management Plan for the cities of Zajecar and Bor and the municipalities of Boljevac, Kladovo, Majdanpek, Negotin and Knjazevac and the Report on the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of the Regional Waste Management Plan for the Cities of Zajecar and Bor and the municipalities of Boljevac, Kladovo, Majdanpek, Negotin and Knjazevac,
- In 2023, the Ministry of the Environment approved the Regional Waste Management Plan and the Report on the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment.
- Cities and municipalities adopted the Regional Waste Management Plan in 2023.
You can download the consent of the Ministry of Environmental Protection to the Regional Plan here
