The main goal of the project is the construction of infrastructure for selective waste collection, sorting and transfer stations, which will result in improvement of the waste management system in the territory of Old Royal Capital of Cetinje.

There is no functional system of selective collection of municipal waste in the Old Royal Capital of Cetinje at the moment. The construction of the recycling yard with a sorting station and a transfer station is a prerequisite for establishing a functional waste management system in the territory of the Capital, as well as fulfilling its legal obligations in the field of waste management.

For the implementation of the project, it is necessary to provide financial resources for the preparation of project documentation for construction and equipping, as well as for expropriation of the traffic access site.

The scope of the subproject includes the implementation of recycling yard and transfer station to transport the collected waste to the disposal site in Podgorica and supply of equipment and vehicles for waste collection, transportation and operation of the sorting and transfer facilities.

On 18 March 2022, the MESPU informed that “according to the Article 6 of Decision on amendments to the National Waste Management Plan in Montenegro for the period 2015-2020 (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 035/18 of May 29, 2018) Feasibility Study should be prepared for recycling yard and transfer station in Cetinje” and asked “just to proceed just with preparation of Feasibility Study.“

In the Waste Sector Monitoring meeting on 30 March it was clarified that this project could be possibly financed by local budget. It was also concluded that the FS term does not refer to a CBA and an analysis has to be performed for determination of most cost-effective option for implementation of the referred facilities.  

Objectives

The scope of the subproject includes the implementation of recycling yard and transfer station to transport the collected waste to the disposal site in Podgorica and supply of equipment and vehicles for waste collection, transportation and operation of the sorting and transfer facilities.

The assignment will include the preparation of a feasibility study (and an EIA, if instructed so by the competent authority) as per the legislation of Montenegro.

The specific purpose is to prepare an analysis for the most cost and most environmentally effective option to recycle and transport municipal solid waste from the old Royal Capital of Cetinje to the regional landfill “Livade” of Podgorica.

The assignment, after its approval, might be extended for preparation of relevant design and tender documents.

The National Waste Management Plan (NWMP) of Montenegro that is being updated, instructed that Cetinje will be served by the Livade landfill in Podgorica for disposal of the municipal waste. This basic assumption is also confirmed by MESPU and further assumed that the Update of the NWMP shall be compliant with that assumption.

Stages of the Assignment

The assignment is planned as including following stages:

Stage 1 Activity 1 Data collection and analysis of present situation

Following a kick-off meeting held with the stakeholders, the team shall implement missions to Old Royal Capital of Cetinje to collect all relevant data including but not limited to:

• Relevant legislation and other legal constraints for the transfer/recycling station
• Service area and population, foreseen future area and population forecast  
• Quality and quantity of collected waste,
• Present waste management practices including collection, recycling, reuse, transport and disposal. Relevant equipment and labour in use for the waste collection and disposal services
• Financial data of the Old Royal Capital of Cetinje for waste management including the assets, costs and revenues thorough the last decade.
• Assigned location for the transfer/recycling station. Cadastral, topographic, and data of the potential environmental and social effects.
• Institutional data on the rights and responsibilities, strengths, weaknesses and capacities of the main stakeholders.   

Activity 2  Option analysis for determination of most beneficial collection, recycling and transport strategies

The study shall compare options for recycling and transport of municipal solid waste from Cetinje to the Livade Landfill, including financial costs and environmental and social impacts. Options for transfer may include inter alia:

• Direct haul by compaction collection trucks
• Reloading into open semitrailers without compaction (directly or via floor/dozer)
• Reloading via hopper into compacting containers and transport via truck

Waste recycling and reuse analysis shall include

• Segregation at the source (single/dual collection)
• Segregation at the civic amenity centre(s)  (mechanical/manual)
• Segregation in Livade

The cost comparisons shall be expressed as total capital and operating costs over a 20-year period (NPV, applying a discount rate per annum in accordance with the Montenegrin legislation).

Waste quantities shall be based on data on present waste generation of municipal solid waste and estimates of future waste generation for an equal number of years as the lifetime of the investment with the longest economic lifetime.

Activity 3  Environmental Impact Assessment

PPF shall apply to the competent authority for the need and level of EIA and ask for scoping. Montenegrin legislation will be governing for the EIA procedures and activities.

The relevant environmental concerns to be included in the study shall be inter alia

• CO2 emissions
• NOX emissions
• Number of transports
• Noise/dust/odor
• Littering

The EIA Report will be subjected to the approval of competent authority.

Activity 4  Preparation of the Conceptual Design for preferred option

In case the preferred option is a transfer station (and not direct haul of waste in collection trucks), conceptual design of the transfer station shall be carried out. This include inter alia:

• Site identification and analysis of site considerations (e.g. traffic patterns, distance to primary road network, environmental considerations, and others)
• Acceptance of site by Municipality of Cetinje
• Obtaining of urban-technical conditions and other preconditions and requirements form the authorities for obtaining building permit
• Conceptual design, including, but not necessarily limited to:
• Overall layout
• Access road (principles and simple cross section)
• Equipment
• Soil, earth and concrete work as required
• Fencing, gate, weight bridge and others
• Operations and maintenance
• Cost estimate

The activity shall be reported in a Siting and Conceptual Design Report.

Activity 6 Preparation of Feasibility Report

PPF will prepare a report comparing the different methodologies and criteria for choices together with a recommendation for the best option.