Businesses will manage their own waste - They will finance collection and recycling. "Salty" fines if they are not met
Every manufacturing entity that develops, produces, processes, treats, sells or imports products that generate waste after use will have obligations to manage them.
This is according to the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, which is one of the main laws within the framework of the integrated waste management reform. The application of this scheme is an obligation that must be fulfilled by our country in order to join the European Union.
All costs arising from the fulfillment of these legal obligations will be covered by producers, reducing the burden of waste management for the state, while in the event of failure to fulfill obligations by entities, the proposed fines range from 100,000 to 1,000,000 lek.
The law will apply to specific waste streams, which are: packaging and its waste; batteries and accumulators; end-of-life vehicles and waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Meanwhile, the main obligations of the manufacturer are related to financing and creating a system for the collection, transportation, recycling or another way of treating waste generated by their products that they place on the market in Albania.
Investments in collection infrastructure or the development of appropriate information, awareness, guidance or training activities to inform citizens in exercising their rights as consumers will also be mandatory.
The obligations arising from this law will take effect on June 1, 2026.
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