ISWA is delighted to welcome Kosovo Landfill Management Company as our latest Silver Member.
Kosovo Landfill Management Company is a public enterprise authorised to manage regional sanitary landfills of municipal waste in the Republic of Kosovo, incorporated and registered as a Joint Stock Company. The institutional structure, role and responsibilities of relevant institutions in the management of MSW in Kosovo are determined by the legislation in force.
The Ministry of Economy, based on the Law on Public Enterprises (NO. 03/L-087), through the Policy and Monitoring Unit, supervises the business of public enterprises owned by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo and ensures their monitoring and transparency. This law establishes the framework for the exercise of property rights in public enterprises and regulates the corporate governance of these enterprises.
The company offers its services in these regional landfills:
- Mirash Sanitary Landfill – Prishtine
- Dumnica Sanitary Landfill – Podujeve
- Landovica Sanitary Landfill – Prizren
- Velekinca Sanitary Landfill – Gjilan
- Transfer Station in Ferizaj
They are dedicated to strengthening environmental protection in the Republic of Kosovo and pay specific attention to advancing the Green Agenda and circular economy in line with the state’s legislation, harmonised with the EU Acquis, with the highest relevance to the integrated waste management topic.
“We joined ISWA because membership connects us to a global community of waste management practitioners at exactly the point where our own system is ready both to learn and to contribute.
We put a lot of effort into networking and contributing to the company’s exponential growth through partnership creation and maintenance. On the learning side, ISWA gives us structured access to international best practices, technical working groups on landfill operations, gas management and leachate treatment, peer-reviewed guidance, and direct contact with operators facing the same technical and regulatory challenges we do. Measuring our performance against established international standards helps us identify gaps we might not see from the inside and gives us an evidence base when we make the case for investment or regulatory change in our country. We have recently undergone a thorough restructuring and aim to increase our professional capacities to be able to take on more tasks than just landfill management.
On the contribution side, we operate something relatively uncommon in the region: a centrally managed system of landfills rather than a fragmented set of municipally operated sites. That model has produced consistency in operating standards, economies of scale in equipment and staffing, and a single point of accountability for environmental compliance. Many countries are actively trying to move towards regionalisation, and our experience, including the difficulties of the transition, not just the results, is genuinely useful to them. ISWA is the natural forum for sharing it.
Membership also strengthens our institutional credibility with donors, lenders and national regulators and gives our technical staff professional development and networks they cannot get domestically.“
