Our Vision: To develop a regional brand that will partner with our customers and communities and to provide sustainable, efficient and affordable regional waste management services in order to reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating a clean and healthy environment for current and future generations.
Our Mission: We will manage and operate a sanitary landfill and resource recovery system for biodegradables and recyclables that safely manages waste, recovers resources and protects the environment for the residents and businesses in the Municipalities of Vlorё and Selenicё. Our work complies with local and international laws as we will do business in an environmentally friendly manner within an integrated waste management framework. We use modern management tools that are based on sound economic principles and state-of-the-art materials and equipment.
Our values: Our values shall provide the foundation for our company’s practices, and we believe in the highest ethical standards – as a company and as individuals. The organisational values that guide and direct all our interactions with external and internal stakeholders are:
- Creativity and Innovation: We encourage all our employees to service our clients by using creative and proactive means for the development of practical solutions and ideas in close consultation with all our stakeholders.
- Respect, Empowerment and Teamwork: We value our people and do not discriminate as we treat them equally with dignity for all to take advantage of their full potential and opportunity in the business. We enhance teamwork – with trust, determination, personal commitment and relationship building – within our organisation to streamline operations for providing services effectively and efficiently.
- Value for Money: We will contribute to an integrated regional waste management system of high standard in resource recovery, disposal and treatment of residential and commercial wastes, at affordable cost for the citizens and businesses.
- Cooperation: We will provide a conducive environment to enhance partnerships with and between the local authorities and private sector actors in solid waste management operations.
- Continuous Refinement: We will recognise the potential for improving our business processes in internal organisation to optimize waste management practices through even better solutions.
- Public Awareness: We believe in the power of educational and motivational activities to change people’s behaviour towards more sustainable waste handling practice. We will promote public awareness and people’s participation through consultation of neighbourhoods and public media.
Our Overall Objectives:
The overall objectives and targets of MIM Vlora are in compliance with the Integrated Waste Management Strategic Policy and National Plan and the EU Waste Hierarchy. The waste hierarchy illustrates the ideal waste management, where most of the waste is prevented, re-used, recycled or recovered and only waste, which cannot be processed differently is disposed on landfills. Currently, the desired pyramid is upside-down and needs to be turned around with all measure still environmentally sound and affordable. This safe disposal is the base for a successful and more sustainable waste management in the Vlora Region.
Waste streams originating from the service area shall be channelled in such a way that
- composting and recycling shall decrease the amount of waste materials entering the landfill, thus extending the lifespan of final disposal facilities;
- disposal of organic materials is minimized on the landfill in order to reduce greenhouse (methane) gas emission and leachate, but instead, creates rich, natural soil which can be used as manure in agriculture;
- proper separation and sorting of recyclables will save natural resources and generate potential revenues from sales and will save also cost of landfill operations.
To ensure that the business is efficient and effective in delivering its outcomes, a clear Governance Framework is valid for all business processes and operating units. This framework ensures appropriate performance with clear guidelines so that the personnel understand their specific roles and responsibilities. In more particular, our objectives are the following:
- To recruit, employ and manage human resources and provide continuous staff training at all levels in the organisation.
- To create an engaged and high performing team culture with the aim to have the right people in the right quantity with the right skills and knowledge to deliver on the mission.
- To provide an environment and a culture with an aspiration to achieve zero harm to our employees and contractors.
- To establish a reliable information system on waste streams and input-output balances of waste being processed at the Compost Plant, Material Recovery Facility and Sanitary Landfill Site
- To establish a performance-oriented financial management system with sound budgeting, cost and revenue accounting and control mechanism.
To introduce a Risk Magement Farmework necessary for the effective control and management of risks associated with the operation of the business. This covers
- workplace and health safety measures to mitigate accidents or incidents leading to injury of staff or other persons on site;
- ground water gas emission monitoring to mitigate incidents causing release of unlicensed contaminants to the receiving environment;
- medium and long-term financial plan to determining necessary re-investment in infrastructure and replacement of plan equipment to avoid constraints and/or breakdown of operational performance.