German Ambassador to Albania Peter Zingraf spoke in favour of recycling while criticising incineration due to it being very costly.
"Incinerating is a very costly process. All solutions should be weighed well in this context, but I think that waste separation, processing and recycling is the right way", said Zingraf while visiting Cerrik to inspect a German investment for integrated waste management.
Zingraf also stated that the recycling process meets one of the European Union directives on waste management and other municipalities should consider it.
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While many people and organizations are eager to recycle waste in Albania, the government has gone in a different direction.
Waste incineration for energy purposes accounts for only 1.1%, despite the government paying expensive concessions for waste incinerators.
The recycling rate is at its lowest level in three years, dropping to just 18.1%.
