Participation in workshop "Waste management on local level"

In a period of 25 - 28. September 2012, we participate in workshops organized by Regional Environmental Center CO BIH on theme "Waste management on local level according to EU legislation and requests".
It was opportunity to discus with European experts, and representatives of responsible ministries, municipalities, business sector and NGO, and exchange experience and policies in waste management in process of approaches to EU. 

Organization “Ekotim” has also opportunity to present their opinion in this workshop. In our presentation we pinpoint on activities in this area, problems from past, current problems, and challenges in future.
On this occasion, we point on slow adaptation of semi-legislation necessary for implementation of waste management, problems from past, such as wrong choice on location of local landfill’s in Konjic, Kreševo, Jablanica, problems with choice of locations for new regional sanitary landfill, problem of landfill “Krupac” (which treat to pollute ground-waters with leachate), and we pinpoint on slow establishing of system for separate waste collection in Sarajevo.
It was interesting to hear how in Düsseldorf, number of citizens is increased and amount of waste is reducing, and in our country there is no economic instruments which will motivate people for reducing their production of waste.
Also, If you pollute city, in Düsseldorf you can pay penalty   from 50 €, to possibility to end up in jail, and in our country there almost nobody is punished for waste pollution in city, and responsibilities of Eco-monitors is low, and it’s court procedure which on end often be finished with releasing decision.
 We hope that this workshop will help and advance inter-entity cooperation and bring us joint solution for semi-legislation, landfill “Krupac” and similar.
Ekotim’s presentation