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There's garbage dumps everywhere: On streets and riverbanks,mcm outlet, in Albania's capital Tirana,toms shoes, the harbor city of Durres as well as in the northern city of Shkoder. And it is not just private polluters dumping their waste local municipalities take part in this as well. Durres for instance doesn't even have an official dumping site. Instead,lulu lemon, it dumps the waste of its 200,coach factory,000 residents in fields close by where pigs and goats dig through the piles of garbage looking for something edible.
Rainfall washes pollutants into streams and rivers,mulberry bags, which eventually end up in the ocean. Romany families rudimentary recycle at the dumps,new balance outlet, where they search for plastic, paper,nfl jerseys, scrap metal and other usable material. But they simply burn the garbage to get to the metals,tory burch outlet, thus sending more pollutants into the water and air.
Albania's garbage doesn't only come from within the country. According to the Albanian Department of the Environment,valentino, 300,cheap true religion,000 tons of scrap metal and 20,louboutin pas cher,000 tons of plastic were imported in 2011 for processing,polo ralph lauren, with much of it coming from Italy. That is about the same amount of garbage that Tirana generates per year. Along with the legal trash, they fear,ralphlauren.com, illegal toxic waste is being imported, especially from southern Italy. They can't prove it, but plenty of rumors are circulating in the country. Albania's deputy Environment Minister Taulant Bino tried to downplay the issue in an interview, saying environmentalists are exaggerating,mont blanc, but also admitted the customs agency has had difficulties with a few employees.
Wolfgang Krause also came across Albania's garbage problems. Krause,chanel bags, a German citizen, was the manager of a disposal site in northern Albania until two years ago. On behalf of the German disposal company Becker, Krause invested 500,000 euros ($670,supra shoes,000) in expanding a dumping site and new recycling facilities. He signed contracts with local communities, arranging for the delivery of their waste for a fee of seven euros ($9) per ton. Krause then wanted to sort the garbage and resell the plastic to business associates for 60 euros per ton to finance the disposal site with revenues.
But the plan did not work out. The missing element: garbage. The disposal site is almost completely empty. Only eight percent of the anticipated amount of trash actually ended up here. Krause lost his job despite the fact that the city of Shkoder,louis vuitton handbags, that was supposed to be his main supplier, produces about 2,longchamps,000 tons of waste per month,asics running shoes, according to the US Agency for International Development. That is enough to fill nearly 50 shipping containers with waste.
"Many of the surrounding communities still dump their waste onto the riverbank, dispersed among different dumping grounds, and wait for the waste to be washed into the ocean in springtime,bottega veneta," Krause said. "That's probably the waste that has washed up in Croatia."
The population has had enough. In April,soccer jerseys, a broad alliance of activists,true religion, environmentalists and the socialist opposition party PS successfully pushed for a referendum which at the very least would halt garbage imports. The ballot is scheduled for the end of December in all likelihood the population will vote against the imports. PS will make up the government since it won parliamentary elections in June. If they respect the people's opinion, importing recyclable trash will be banned or at least restricted.
But restrictions of waste imports alone won't solve all of Albania's trash woes if pollution within the country continues much to the chagrin of environmentalists,ghd hair, investors,coach bags, Albanian citizens and nature.

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