Welcome to Korca Regional Waste Management Company
Mission & Values
KRWM
We are here to provide sustainable and environmentally sound services for the citizens and municipalities of our region. We are on a mission to operate and sustain the regional waste management system, which provides regional solutions for the long-haul and final disposal of waste in the region.
While endeavouring to offer quality and cost-efficient services through our transfer stations and regional sanitary landfill, we remain faithful to the protection of the environment and human health.
Waste management is a rather new concept for the Albanian citizens, but in this era of rapid information spread and socio-cultural exchanges it is indispensable that we also become aware and conscientiously change or “restore” our behaviours. The environment starts right from our living room and stretches out to the streets and parks, to the valleys and fields, mountains and oceans. We need to ensure that it is worth and safe living in – for us and our children’s sake!
A committed partner in the region
The establishment of the Company is based on the Law No 9901, dated 14.04.2008 “On Merchants and Commercial Companies”, and on the Law No 8652, dated 31.7.2000 “On the Organization and Functioning of Local Government” as well as other relevant by-laws, and is registered according to Law No 9723, dated 3.05.2007 “On the National Registration Centre”.
The main rules of the company’s organization and functioning are laid down in the Statute.
KRWM is a shareholding company with public capital owned by the municipalities of Korca region. The number of shares is proportionate to the population number of the respective municipalities.
KRWM member municipalities are:
KRWM has been set up as a functional organisation in which the staff is organised by functions with a hierarchical arrangement of lines of authority, communication, rights and duties. As of October 2020, KRWM employees 6 administrative staff, 15 technical staff for the operation of the landfill and 4 technical staff for the operation of the transfer stations.
The Shareholders’ Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the Company and is formed by all the shareholders of the Company. Ordinary Shareholders’ Meetings are convened at least once a year.
The Supervisory Board supervises how the Company is managed and takes decisions accordingly. Members of the Supervisory Board are elected for a term of two years by the Shareholders’ Assembly with a simple majority of votes of the shareholders present or represented. The Supervisory Board convenes at the KRWM premises at least once every three months or, in special cases, at the initiative of the Chairperson.
The Company’s mission is to provide environment-friendly quality services and resource efficiency in an integrated solid waste management system comprising transfer services, long-distance transport and waste disposal to the Region of Korca, in order to encourage and support recycling and contribute in waste reduction, thus improving the environmental standards and human health and safety.
The Company is authorized to administer and process the waste streams below:
- Municipal waste (household waste, non-hazardous commercial, industrial and institutions waste) which is collected within the municipal waste management scheme.
- Also in compliance with the landfill permit requirements and with the Albanian laws and regulations, other non-hazardous waste that is directly delivered to the landfill site (besides the types mentioned above, e.g. agricultural waste, construction and demolition waste, sludge from water treatment plants), if these waste streams have no negative impacts on the landfill operation and overall emissions.
Our values are: Transparency, comprehensiveness, reliability, cooperation with the community, partnerships, value for money, quality service, accountability
The overall goals of the company can be summarised in three areas:
Institutional Set-up: Build a resourceful, modern and high performing company that values shareholders, staff and customers, and capable to deliver vision, objectives and service quality
Operations: Ensure environmentally safe and cost-efficient regional waste transportation, reduction and disposal services
Financial Management: Build a financially sustainable company and ensure cost-effective service provision of exceptional value to customers and public.
In order to achieve these goals, several objectives have been determined and are monitored regularly.
Our main partners in fulfilling our activities and objectives include:
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy
- Ministry of Tourism and Environment
- KfW
- AKUM
- Consultants
- National and Regional Environmental Agencies
- Educational institutions
- Media