The Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development, Damjan Ćulafić and the President of Nikšić Municipality, Marko Kovačević, agreed that they will take the remaining steps towards closing the Mislov do landfill, and that the Nikšić Municipality will temporarily dispose of waste at the Podgorica landfill "Livade".
Ćulafić held a meeting with Kovačević and the President of the Municipal Assembly, Nermanja Vuković, and visited Mislov do.
At the meeting, the ministry said, there was talk of planning the construction of a transfer station and creating conditions for the construction of a waste management center.
"Minister Ćulafić pointed out that the Ministry is looking at solving the waste problem for the whole of Montenegro in an integral way, emphasizing the vision of establishing four Regional Centers for waste management, whereby regional coverage for municipal waste will be provided and space for the management of other types of solid waste will be provided, in accordance with specificities of the local economy and inter-municipal cooperation," said the Ministry.
Ćulafić assessed that it is a national issue, not just a local one, and that it is necessary to take all steps to close the landfill.
"There is a search for an optimal solution, and the desire of the department I am at the head of is to help Nikšić so that the city is recognizable again, and all its potentials are used without hindrance," said Ćulafić.
He emphasized that the Ministry will provide support to each local self-government in their efforts to improve the environmental image and added that proper project and technical documentation is a necessary prerequisite for cooperation in the construction of capital projects, such as the Regional Center.
"I appeal to the local self-governments to continue working on similar tasks as effectively as possible within their capabilities, in order to open the way for more productive support to the Ministry," Minister Ćulafić said.
The State Secretary in the Ministry, Nenad Vitomirović, said that the Waste Management Plan, which is in the revision process, will resolve the manner of waste management in the coming period, and everything will be in accordance with the Law. He also emphasized the full support of the Ministry to local self-governments.
Kovačević, it is stated in the announcement, that the new local administration already from the first day of its mandate came to grips with the long-standing and inherited problem of the landfill Mislov do.
"So far, two plateaus have been rehabilitated, and the third one will soon be rehabilitated, with the goal of closing the landfill in the coming period so that there will be no landfill in the city. A fire broke out at the mentioned location in the previous days, which will be quickly extinguished. The prosecution is working on the clarification of that case, since the cause of the fire is not threatened, which is particularly pleasing to us those two problems," said Kovačević.
Vuković emphasized that one of the municipality's strategic goals in the field of ecology is the closure of the landfill Mislov do. He expressed great satisfaction that this goal had been reached, and highlighted the continuous efforts of the Municipality to find a final and sustainable solution for waste treatment.
In this context, he emphasized the necessity of building a Center for Waste Management. He reminded that the World Bank financed six preliminary studies for the construction of the aforementioned center, which is planned in Željezara in the spatial plan. He assessed that this is the shortest and best way to improve the ecological image of the city.
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