Bar’s draft municipal waste plan for 2026-2029 proposes a Možura landfill expansion and investments estimated at 23.5 million euros. Prepared by the Municipality of Bar’s Secretariat for Communal Affairs and Traffic, the draft also sets targets for increasing waste reuse and recycling.
The planned investment covers new sanitary cells, a selection and composting centre, and a leachate treatment plant. The estimated cost is 13.5 million euros for the new cells, seven million euros for the centre and three million euros for the treatment plant.
Možura approaches its designed capacity
Možura receives waste from Bar and other coastal municipalities. The draft records that the landfill passed 90% of its designed capacity during 2025 and, at the existing rate of disposal, could reach its limit during 2027.
A June 2026 estimate put the space remaining for waste disposal at approximately 130,000 tonnes. To extend capacity, the plan proposes building new sanitary cells, which are expected to provide disposal capacity for another eight to ten years.
The expansion project is described as ready for implementation in 2027, while construction of the new cells is scheduled for 2028. The plan’s action schedule places construction of the sorting and composting facility in 2029.
The Government allocated 15 million euros for the landfill expansion through the 2026 budget and a borrowing decision. In June 2026, the management of Možura said an international tender for the works could be issued by the end of that year.
Možura bought 44,430 square metres of land next to the existing landfill in 2023, using its own funds, for capacity expansion and the development of new waste-treatment activities. The company’s management had also sought 40,000 square metres of additional state land, which it estimated could provide disposal capacity for the next 20 years, but did not receive a positive response from the Government.
Reuse and recycling targets rise through 2029
Increasing the share of waste that is reused or recycled is one of the draft’s key objectives. It sets targets for preparing 10% of specified recyclable materials for reuse and recycling by the end of 2027, 20% by the end of 2028 and 30% by the end of 2029.
The plan projects that Bar will collect about 28,300 tonnes of municipal waste in 2027, rising to 29,000 tonnes by 2029. It provides for approximately 3,175 tonnes of recyclable materials to be prepared for reuse and recycling in 2029.
About 14,280 tonnes of construction waste are expected to be generated in the municipality during 2029, with the target of preparing half for reuse and recycling. The draft also calls for reducing biodegradable waste sent to landfill through better separate collection, composting and supporting infrastructure.
By 2029, biodegradable waste deposited at the landfill is to be limited to 5,329 tonnes a year, half the estimated amount generated in 2010. The plan also addresses separate household waste collection, handling bulky and construction waste, and the operation of recycling yards.
Door-to-door collection is being gradually expanded in suburban areas where road infrastructure allows municipal vehicles to pass, according to the draft. Around 3,300 users are currently covered by the system. The plan’s authors assess that the service has improved communal hygiene in suburban areas and created a basis for separating waste where it is generated.
Ćafe remediation and public consultation
Completing the remediation and rehabilitation of the closed Ćafe landfill is another plan objective. The draft says there are currently no registered illegal dumps in the Municipality of Bar that constitute permanently problematic sites, while providing for regular cleaning and improvement of areas where illegally discarded waste appears.
The action plan sets 2029 as the deadline for completing remediation and rehabilitation at Ćafe, but the document identifies a court dispute and uncertainty over funding. Planned measures also include raising public awareness of proper waste disposal.
The draft is open for public consultation from 19 October to 3 November 2026. The central public discussion for residents is scheduled for 27 October 2026 at 11:00 in the hall of the Bar Municipal Assembly, followed by a professional public discussion at 13:30 that day.
Residents, non-governmental organisations and other interested parties can submit comments, proposals and suggestions to the Secretariat for Communal Affairs and Traffic no later than 3 November 2026.
