Just one year ago, Vrtijeljka was the most dangerous ecological blackspot in the Municipality of Cetinje, and the columns of the daily press were filled with ecological incidents, such as when 70 tons of used car tires were illegally dumped. Today, this is a fully cleaned-up location, the first landfill that has been rehabilitated with the help of the European Union and, as such, is a good example of the efficient use of EU funds.The value of the works was about €1,800,000, and included the reallocation of certain quantities of existing waste, digging channels around the site and excavating absorbent areas to contain storm waters, as well as developing a system for the removal of biogas, covering, recultivating and enclosing the terrain. Works lasted more than a year and were completed in June 2018, when representatives of the state and local authorities, as well as the EU Delegation, visited the site.The Head of the EU Delegation’s Sector for Cooperation in Montenegro, Hermann Spitz, said that this was an important day for the citizens of Cetinje, as well as for the environment of Montenegro, because this project successfully implemented the first rehabilitation of a non-sanitary landfill in Montenegro.
