Residents of lake Ohrid, if you want to protect your lake, start today!

No matter where you live, in a town or a village, in a house or a flat.

Change your habits to bring positive change for the future of our planet, for the health of our children and of our world.

The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme creates an international framework for joint and coordinated achievement of shared and sustainable outcomes related to tourism at World Heritage properties. The Programme takes a destination management approach in its implementation, working in partnership with the key stakeholders (States Parties, property management/coordinators, tourism sector, destination management organizations and local communities) to achieve its objectives. http://whc.unesco.org/en/tourism.

Disclaimer: The European Union is not responsible for the content of this publication.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR WASTE?

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http://whc.unesco.org/en/lake-ohrid-region/

TYPE OF WASTE

Common MATERIALS and everyday ITEMS

Estimated TIME to decompose

BIODEGRADABLE

Materials that are decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms and thereby not causing pollution

Cotton materials

Rope

Leather shoes

Food waste

Wood

Woolen Items

1-5 month

3-14 months

25-40 years

Up to 6 months

10-15 years

1 year

NON BIODEGRADABLE

a substance or chemical that is non-biodegradable cannot be changed to a harmless natural state by the action of bacteria, and may therefore damage the environment

Cigarette butts

Milk packet (tetra)

caps & drink packets

Nylon clothes

Tin can

Plastic bottles

Hairspray bottle

Aluminium can

Fishing line

Plastic bag

Sanitary napkins

& baby diapers

Glass bottles

1-12 years

5 years

30-40 years

around 50 years

70-450 years

200-500 years

200 – 500 years

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90% of seabirds

have plastic waste inside their stomachs

Every year, metric tons 8 millionof end up in our oceans. plasticIn 2025 the estimate is 20 times

more = 160 million metric tons!

Source: http://plastic-pollution.org/ Photo © IUCN

Source: www.theguardian.comPhoto: © Wikimedia

100% of responsibility for all waste lies with people!

Lin Peninsula, Pogradec Municipality

BE AWARE AND THINK!

Don’t waste your waste !

Waste is a resource used to make other useful and fashionable items.

Reuse materials insimple creative ways. Here are some ideas for DIY.

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Read the story about a man who is making shoes made from plastic wasteSource: www.rothys.com

Make bricks from used newspapers to use for heating in the winter. It’s simple and easy. See how on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6Lky5791

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com

By recycling and recovering materials, fewer raw materials are used, reducing new excavation and sending less waste to landfill and reducing the impact on the environment. Managing your waste requires a bit of effort on your part for a great change for our world.

Learn more at Une Ricikloj http://ricikloj.com/

Love your home?

K�p it clean!Save money! Save Earth’s resources! Save the future!

LEGAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK

“The National waste strategy has set the policy direction of the Government of Albania for sustainable waste ma-nagement until 2025, designed to minimize the impact of waste on the environment at national and local level and improving the efficient use of resources in Albania.” (Source: Local Solid Waste Plan of Pogradec)

Circular economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life. It is the new principle being applied across world economies and also the European Union.

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REDUCEREUSERECYCLE

about your impact on nature each step you take

Waste hierarchy

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Recovery

Landfill

Most favorite option

lowering the amount of waste produced

using materials repeatedly

using materials to make new products

recovering energy from waste

save disposal of waste to landfill

Least favoured option

Plastic packaging poses a serious threat to human health by having a direct

effect on the environment. Use of plastic bags needs to be completely replaced by ecologically

friendly alternatives that are again becoming more common in some European countries - cloth, paper bags

and other multi-use bags.

Plastic NEVER biodegrades !! It breaks down into small pieces called micro-plastics.

Plastic islands (floating plastic waste) cover millions of square kilometers of ocean surface releasing micro-plastics, now commonly found in fish and on beaches.

According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, plastic debris kills an estimated 100,000

marine mammals annually, as well as millions of birds and fish. Cigarette butts are the most common

waste on beaches. They are made from plastic and release harmful toxins as

they decompose.

PLASTIC!Enemy no.1

60% of household waste in Albania is organic and biodegradable!

Composting is the most ancient practice of converting organic waste to organic fertilizers. Composting does not require much space, it can be held anywhere in the home such as in the kitchen, or outside the house. It does

not smell and does not collect flies. This fertilizer can also be used for

home gardens.

COMPOSTING

Reduce waste Reuse materials Recycle

REMEMBER!EVERY TON OF RECYCLED PAPERSAVES

7 trees

230 000litres of water

160 kg of limestone

3m of landfill space

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400 kg of steam

125 kg of sulphur

It takes the same amount of energy to make 1 NEW can as it does to make 24 RECYCLED CANS

Use reusable materials: cups, plates, toys, tools, bags

Carry a shopping bag to the supermarket

Tell the supermarket staffNOT to give you a plastic bag

Ask for products that are biodegradable or made from recycled materials

Use straws

Use plastic cups, plates and cutlery

Buy bottled water! Water is a human right! It’s free!

Buy single-use toys for your children

Make decorations foryour home and office

Create your own crasts and entertainment toysfor your kids

Refill your container with spring water

Reuse plastic and other packaging

Buy durable materialsand containers for multiple use

Ask your friends to share their children's toys

Compost

Compost organic wastes and return them to organic fertilizers for your gardens

Collect aluminum cans, bags, plastic bottles and glass and hand over to collection points

Wash objects before recycling them

Ask your municipality where and how you can recycle

Tell your friends and yourneighbors to recycle

Put dirty materials into the recycling bin

Be lazy and find excuses for not recycling!

Ignore others who dismissrecycling

Give up! You can make a change!

Throw away materials that canbe used again: bags, cups, plates, flower pots, gist paper and bags

Buy new toys