81301769-Transition to a circular economy in the municipal waste management sector in Albania

More than 50% of the waste is of organic origin, but is not used to create added value, but is disposed of in landfills or unregulated dumpsites. The collected wastewater is mostly discharged untreated into influent waters, resulting in massive pollution of groundwater, rivers, and the Adriatic Sea

. For the transition from a linear waste and wastewater management to a sustainable circular economy, a better basic understanding of circular economy principles, their implementation in concrete measures by efficient national and local aut