TENDERING: Bids sought to supply 25 trolleybuses for Sarajevo
The Ministry of Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sarajevo Canton has invited bids for the procurement of 25 new trolleybuses and related post-sales services, to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), according to a notice posted on the EBRD’s e-procurement portal ECEPP. Apart from […]
North Macedonia to introduce eco stickers for cars, launch vehicle replacement scheme
The parliament of North Macedonia has passed changes to the law on motor vehicles, introducing voluntary eco stickers to mark vehicles by ecological rating and envisaging a grants scheme to help replace old cars with new ones, among other things, according to the government’s website. The main objective of the changes is to reduce air […]
Refuse-derived fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels in Serbia
Authors: Igor Đorđević, Associate, and Ivan Gazdić, Head of Projects & Infrastructure, CMS Belgrade Given the increased pollution levels and large quantities of municipal solid, commercial and industrial waste being generated daily in both developed and developing countries, it is expected that various waste-to-energy processes, including recovering energy from generated waste, will likely play a […]
Danube polluted with faeces in Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria
The River Danube is polluted with faeces along its course in Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, with the situation particularly alarming in large Serbian cities such as Novi Sad and Belgrade, where concentrations of Escherichia coli are very high, according to a microbiological survey carried out by a group of Austrian scientists. The “critical” faecal pollution […]
“International” forest growing in Serbia to produce air “for all of us”
Stefan Drljača, 32, is a videographer in Belgrade, Serbia who spends his free time on his land near the town of Čačak, where he is planting a forest for himself, his descendants – and for all of us. Forests renew our air supply, as they produce oxygen and absorb CO2, while they also prevent mudslides […]
Serbia to change waste management model under new strategy
Serbia’s new waste management strategy for 2019-2024 will mark a shift from the concept of regional sanitary landfills to the model of regional waste management centers to include waste sorting, separation, and recycling, as well as non-recyclable waste treatment, Filip Abramović, assistant environmental protection minister for waste and wastewater management, says in an interview with […]
Leskovac starts building collector for wastewater treatment system
The construction of a city collector has been launched in Leskovac as one of three parts of a wastewater management system in the south Serbian town. Serbia treats only 10% of wastewater, while only three towns – Subotica, Šabac, and Vrbas – have wastewater treatment facilities. The value of works to build the wastewater collector […]
TENDERING: Environmental impact study for Belgrade’s two planned metro lines
Beogradski Metro i Voz, a company set up to operate Belgrade’s future metro, has launched fresh tendering to produce an environmental impact study for the Serbian capital’s two planned metro lines. The original tendering to produce the study was launched almost a year ago, at the beginning of September 2018, but was suspended in January […]