Project Fact Sheet Pirot – Regional Solid Waste Management

Project fact sheet PIROT REGIONAL LANDFILL REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHEME - PIROT DISTRICT

The Pirot District expands in the south eastern parts of Republic of Serbia. According to the 2011 census it has a population of app. 92,000. Admin- istrative centre of the Pirot District is the city of Pirot, located on major international transversal “Corridor 10”, which links Europe with Asia. Pirot District is also one of the largest county of the Republic of Serbia, in total surface of 1,232km2, which encompasses the municipalities of Pirot, Dimi- trovgrad, Bela Palanka and Babušnica. The four municipalities of Pirot Districts signed an inter-municipal agreement (Pirot, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad and Bela Palanka) in order to es- tablish a Regional solid waste management scheme. The new regional sanitary landfill is located in Pirot municipality (Muntina Padina) near the magisterial road Niš - Pirot. The use of the existing non sanitary dumpsites TOTAL BUDGET: € 11,078,546 is to be discontinued. A regional sanitary landfill Pirot has been constructed PHASE I: € 5,310,000 and operational from January 2013. PHASE II: € 3,295,354 The solid waste management scheme is in compliance with Serbian and PHASE III & IV: € 2,473,192 EU standards. EU Contribution (CARDS 2006): € 3,810,000 PROJECT goals (Works € 3,100,000 and TA € 710,000) • Provision of reliable and safe communal waste collection and disposal Environmental Protection Fund: € 1,000,000 in line with EU solid waste management practices • Significant improvement in the overall environmental status of the Municipal Contribution / Pirot Municipality: € 500,000 municipalities • Reduction/elimination of the existing risks to public health due to the existing waste dumps in the region which are classified as K4 : (dumpsites, not fulfilling minimal protection measures, completely filled up, requiring immediate closure, restoration, and recultivation) • Master plan for closure of existing landfills PROJECT SUMMARY 1. In accordance with the Serbian Waste Management Strategy the four municipalities have established a regional waste disposal company that will receive all waste from the four municipal waste collection companies. 2. A new access road to the land fill site has been constructed; 3. New mobile equipment has been procured to operate the landfill (compactor, truck). The estimated lifetime of the landfill is 30 years. Depending on the results of waste diversion efforts the life of the landfill can be extended even further. The construction of the landfill is undertaken in the following phases: • Phase I - 12 years (completed) • Phase II - 9 years • Phase III i IV - 9 years The project does not have negative impact on the environment. The Environmental Impact Assessment has been accepted by the Serbian Government and the European Agency for Reconstruction.

March 2013 Municipal Infrastructure Support Programme Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia Šumatovačka 3a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Avenija 19a, Vladimira Popovića 40/V, 11070 New Belgrade, Serbia A Project implemented by: Tel: +381 11 24 05 789 Tel: +381 11 308 32 00 Fax: +381 11 24 05 793 Fax: +381 11 308 32 01 [email protected] [email protected] www.misp-serbia.rs www.europa.rs TOTAL BUDGET BREAKDOWN • Pirot regional sanitary landfill - Phase I - € 5,310,000 (including landfill body, infrastructure mobile equipment, access road) • Pirot regional sanitary landfill - Phase II - € 3,295,354 (development of the landfill body to be filled in phase II of the complex exploitation, and recultivation of the landfill part filled during phase I of the exploitation) • Pirot regional sanitary landfill - Phase III & IV - € 2,473,192 (development of the landfill body to be filled in phase III of the complex exploitation, recultivation of the landfill part filled during phase II of the exploitation, and finally – recultivation of the landfill sections filled during the last exploitation phase, phase III) • Total: € 11,078,546 STATUS OF PROJECT (December 2012) • Regional company established, director appointed and essential staff recruited • Operations scheduled to start in January 2013 • FOPIP completed by the end of January 2013 • Service agreement expected to be signed in January 2013 • Initial tariff for trial period during first half year of 2013 has been approved

Financial and Operational Identification Feasibility Project Tender for Appraisal Implementation Performance Improvement Report Study agreement works Progress line Program (assessment) September 2008 September 2006 April 2007 July 2007 March 2008 May 2008 May 2011 - January 2013 December 2009

Notes: Phase II, III and IV are planned to be financed from municipal funds as well as through possible domestic and international grants.