Today, the Minister of Environmental Protection of Serbia, Irena Vujovic, signed an agreement with the Ambassador of Sweden, Jan Lundin, on the extension of the program, through which another 600,000 euros will be invested in environmental projects.
The program of support for environmental infrastructure projects (EISP 2) will be extended for another two years, and with additional investments, the total amount of funds will be around 3.3 million euros.
Vujovic stated that the examples of previous activities supported by Sweden best illustrate what the extension of the project means for Serbia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced.
“Thus, the construction of the landfill in Pancevo was completed, where 50,000 tons of waste are safely disposed of annually, a transfer station for transshipment of municipal waste with a recycling yard in Cacak was built, and as a pilot project, the primary separation of municipal waste was introduced in Arilje, where about 300 tons of recyclable waste are allocated annually and sent for recycling,” said the Minister.
According to her, Sweden, together with the EU, supports the project of primary waste separation in four regions – Srem-Macva, Pancevo, Duboko and Pirot, where it also, including Subotica, supports the introduction of household waste selection and local composting of green waste.
“Serbia and Sweden are cooperating on EU environmental reforms. Sweden supports Serbia in the application of high environmental standards, public participation in environmental reform and transparent planning of investments in the environment,” Lundin said.
The ministry said in a statement that an implementation plan for the Landfill Directive had been drafted outlining plans, resources and necessary investments in the waste sector awaiting Serbia to meet EU targets, and that Serbia had prepared for the opening of Chapter 27.
A Feasibility Study for the collection and treatment of wastewater from the City of Kragujevac has also been prepared, which enables further financing, N1 reports.
