In Albania, waste management is at a rudimentary level. The Municipality of Tirana has identified the need for a recycling program to divert recyclable material from landfills. Sponsored by the EDEN Center, an Albanian environmental NGO, our team assessed opportunities to recycle urban wastes in Tirana. We found community interest in recycling, but poor waste management practices, leading to overflowing waste bins and mixing recyclables with non-recyclable waste, deter participation. We recommend more frequent waste collection, a two-truck system to separately collect recyclables.

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Creator

• Schaeffer, Zayla Dean
• Roberge, Jacquelyn Yvette
• Yi, Tianyang
• Lucy, Andrew George

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121517-064450

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Refuse and refuse disposal
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Dodson, Leslie Lynn

Year

• 2017

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Environmental Center for Development Education and Networking (EDEN Center)

Date created

• 2017-12-15

Location

• Tirana

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-23