This Montenegro waste management Strategy here planned until the year until 2030, represents a basic planning document in the waste management area and also represents the vision of the movement of Montenegro as regards the establishment of a permanent waste management system. The main goal of making this documents is the provision of starting points for further detailed planning of activities that will be defined through the development of state and local waste management plans and other necessary planning and technical documentation. The strategy has the task of defining the aspirations of the state in terms of regulating the system of functioning, in accordance with the requirements of the law and assumed obligations, but also in accordance with the current possibilities of Montenegro as a state, and further defines priorities and directs the flow of development and regulation of the waste management system, with the aim to define a clear set of directions of movement and concrete tasks in terms of achieving the desired goals in all sub-areas that make up the waste management system complete, that, if possible, define deadlines for achieving the stated goals, as well as to establish a method of monitoring the achievement of the set goals. The principles of the Strategy must be harmonized with the basic principles of the EU in the field of waste management. The overall goal of the Strategy is to establish a successful, functional and sustainable waste management system in Montenegro. Specific objectives are: accelerated and intensive development of public awareness about the necessity of solving the waste management situation in the country, as well as equally important and binding participation of adult population, economy and state institutions in the functioning and respect of the established waste management system; introduction of circular economy principles into the production and trade system in Montenegro with a clear goal of improving the reuse of materials and products; achieving a satisfactory level of development and intensive application of the system in practice primary and secondary selection of waste, all with the aim of collecting recyclables, including all packaging, materials, for reuse and/or recycling, i.e. their economic valorization, i.e. processing into other products of similar or lower quality, which certainly have a place in the market; increasing the degree of separation and utilization of biodegradable waste; increasing the degree of separation and adequate recycling and disposal of construction waste and demolition debris; provision of sewage sludge treatment; reducing the quantity of waste that must be permanently disposed on a specific landfill; preparation of the waste management system for the future use of energy from waste and/or thermal treatment of the same waste.
Montenegro · 2015-07-01