Significant improvements to the solid waste management system of Montenegro are required. Subject Sub-Project shall contribute to this improvement. Improvement strategies are outlined in the National Waste Management Plan of Montenegro.
Mozura landfill, located south of Bar receives the unsorted waste of the Municipalities of Bar, Ulcinj, Budva, Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi. Currently, municipal solid waste is collected and simply dumped and compacted. Parts of the landfill area is already sealed; gas cylinders are installed and partially operational. The project of gas to energy is in its final stage of preparation.
The present landfilling area is estimated to be exploited in approximately 2 – 3 years, thus an extension of the landfilling area is urgently required. For that purpose, an area of ~ 44,000 m², directly neighbouring the existing plot, was bought by Mozura Landfill Management (see Layout beside). The new plot was already registered in the cadastre and the Urban Technical Conditions was expected to be issued soon. Further the results of the geodetic, geotechnical and seismic surveys of the new plot were expected to be available by end of May 2024. Beside the extension, the available Conceptual Design of the Composting Plant should have been further elaborated to the level of a Preliminary Design, in order to make one step further towards Works and Supervision Tendering.
A general objective was to contribute to improvements in the Montenegrin waste management sector, whereas the Specific Objectives were the development of:
- Feasibility Study and Preliminary Design for Mozura Landfilling Area Extension
- Preliminary Design of the Mozura Composting Plant
Subject Sub-Project was prepared in accordance with EU and Montenegrin standards and legislation.
Sub-Project Implementation
The Sub-Project was implemented with slight deviations compared to the original Sub-Project set-for reasons as outlined as follows
- In the course of the review of the existing FS for the Waste Composting Facility it was noted that it is not sufficiently elaborated which would allow to develop a Preliminary Design; exemplarily the following is given:
- Preparation of Preliminary Design involves the procedure of obtaining Urban-Technical Conditions (UTU) which is a precondition for a Preliminary Design; those UTU are to be based on previously defined final construction and technological solutions, which is not the case in the existing FS
- The existing FS did not consider alternative solutions, which is a pre-condition for obtaining the UTU
- The available geotechnical surveys are in need to be narrowed down; it is estimated that this amelioration will take about 6 months, which are due to lifetime of PPF not possible to be granted
- Thus the output related to the Waste Composting Facility was an Updated Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design