materials are often washed or blown away into the environment contaminating adjacent land and watercourses there are no licensed waste incineration facilities for the treatment of msw it is common to burn household and other waste in the open some wastes including used tyres and wood waste are burnt in lime kilns at sharra which is the main disposal site in tirana the old disposal area has been recultivated sharra phase i is developed as lined landfill and partially filled sharra phase ii which is financed by the italian government is lined and will soon be ready for operation