1. Environmental Issues in Kosova

2. Environmental Degradation in Kosova
A state of waste that manages very little waste using antiquated technologies
High industrial pollution ( lignite coal is used to produce roughly 98% of energy)
Waste water treatment facilities for waste waters are non-existent.
Poor waste management programs for industrial waste

3. Environmental Degradation in Kosova
Low waste separation and recycling
Prevalent use of farming lands and deforestation for construction purposes
Low environmental awareness and knowledge
Natural resource abuse

4. Environmental Degradation in Kosova
Environmental degradation an increasing challenge for the country’s government
Both central and local governments lack the needed capacities to address environmental problems.
Kosovo has adopted an extensive environmental legal framework yet just like with any other laws, this one is also just another one on the paper that it is not being implemented.

5. Environmental Degradation in Kosova
Low funding for investments for adequate waste management
Lack of proper infrastructure for storing and handling hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste is either exported or “mixed with household waste in landfill sites” (Fajardo, T, 2015, p. 28),
More than 400 illegal landfills

6. References
Fajardo, T. (2015). The EU’s promotion of environmental protection in Kosovo. A Case Study on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law in Kosovo