Albanian Daily News, IFC and Swiss Cooperation Office Hold a Roundtable on Solid Waste Management, March 15, 2012 IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in cooperation with the Swiss Cooperation Office in Albania organized the first public-private roundtable on sustainable and integrated solid waste management in Tirana, on 13 March in order to help engage the private sector companies in Albania's solid waste management. "It is a great opportunity to discuss Public-Private Partnership solutions for integrated solid waste management in Albania," said Isabel Perich, Country Director of Swiss Cooperation Office in Albania. Sustainable and integrated solid waste management refers to the economically profitable, environmentally and socially responsible solid waste management, which includes recycling, reusing, co-processing, incineration, pre-treatment and landfilling of solid waste. Sustainable and integrated solid waste management eliminates uncontrolled burning or dumping of waste. Taulant Bino, Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Water Management said that the starting point in funding the costs of waste management is the polluters pay principle, which means that the waste producers should pay the full cost of managing their waste as much as possible. The roundtable provided an innovative setting for representatives of the local and central government, parliamentarians, private sector, NGOs, IFC and Swiss experts in relevant areas, international financing institutions and donor organizations to discuss issues regarding private sector participation in sustainable and integrated solid waste management projects in Albania's municipalities, as well as international best practice in this field. "IFC is supporting the authorities in Albania to introduce private sector participation in development of municipal and national infrastructure in the country," said Elira Sakiqi, Country Representative of IFC Office in Albania. "We hope that this roundtable inspired Albanian officials to further investigate opportunities for Private Sector Participation in solid waste management."
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