The State Of The Environment In Macedonia With HIighlights On The Solid Waste Management

This thesis reports on the slate of the environment(SoE) in Macedonia. Using available data from the specialiied institutions and environmental experts, it shows an accurate picture of the situation with environmental protection in the country. The media addressed include air, water, soil and forests. Also, the social sphere of the environmental Protection is discussed through the review of the natural protection, public participation and the media. The focus of the thesis is on solid waste management. An assessment of the current situation in solid waste management in Macedonia is pesented together with its major components: waste stream composition, collection, transportation, recyclingj, reusing and disposal.Identifying landlilling as the most feasible waste dispoI option, an attempt is made to improve the current solid waste management policy. Supranational policy initiatives as at the EU level contribute to a gradual shift from smaller, uncontrolled landfills, with larger unmonitored environmental and larger quality effects and costs, to larger, generally regional systems with pollution control features, These “modern” landfills are carefully sited, and access and dumping are controlled and monitored. In the light of this, several suggestions are made for improvement of the solid waste management, and for gradual shifting towards integrated solid waste management