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Albania's strange ambition to become 'Europe's dump' (World 2018, by Alberto Campi) - Swiss Press Award

La décharge de Durrës. Il n’y aucun système anti-pollution, les déchets urbains, le déchets hospitaliers ou des rares entreprises du coin sont abandonnés sans aucun logique dans ce champ à dix minutes du centre ville et a moins de deux kilomètres de la mer. Albanie, 2017.
La décharge de Durrës. Il n’y aucun système anti-pollution, les déchets urbains, le déchets hospitaliers ou des rares entreprises du coin sont abandonnés sans aucun logique dans ce champ à dix minutes du centre ville et a moins de deux kilomètres de la mer. Albanie, 2017.
Photo / World
2018

Albania's strange ambition to become 'Europe's dump'

Alberto Campi

Re-elected last June as president of Albania, Edi Rama intends to legalize waste imports again to "stimulate the national economy." How can Albania, which fails to meet minimum standards for managing its own waste, claim to import it from other countries? Take the example of the landfill in Durrës, the country's second largest city.

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Photo / World
2018

Alberto Campi

Re-elected last June as president of Albania, Edi Rama intends to legalize waste imports again to "stimulate the national economy." How can Albania, which fails to meet minimum standards for managing its own waste, claim to import it from other countries? Take the example of the landfill in Durrës, the country's second largest city.

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