Montenegrin capital gets grant to fund construction of waste water treatment plant
The European Union has approved a grant of EUR 9 million for the construction of a waste water treatment plant with a collector in the capital of Montenegro. The grant will be paid through the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) making Montenegro the first country in the region to get money for projects aimed at […]
Car parts maker Continental Romania sets up water treatment plant
The car parts maker Continental Romania is investing EUR 1.8 million in a waste water treatment plant in the north of the country. A company statement said the facility took a year to build in the town of Carei in Satu Mare county. The waste water treatment plant is being operated by Continental Romania’s plastic […]
EUR 266 million from Cohesion Fund for water infrastructure projects in Romania
Total of EUR 266 million from the EU Cohesion Fund will be invested in four major water infrastructure projects in Romania, the European Commission announced. EUR 47 million will be invested in the county of Botosani, in the north-east, to expand, modernize and clean the existing drinking water and wastewater treatment system, the European Commission […]
Radioactive waste storage creates problems in Croatia-BiH relations
The European Commission has warned Croatia that it has two months to fully implement the directive on radioactive waste management or it will be taken to the Court of Justice. The Croatian authorities decided earlier that the only possible site for a storage facility for radioactive waste is on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
ISWA President: Wind turbine blades as future non-recyclable waste cause for concern
Rapid expansion of wind power, besides its various positive impacts on the environment, is a cause for concern since it will generate, as studies show, millions of tons of non-recyclable waste in the future, Antonis Mavropoulos, President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), warned. Mavropoulos in an opinion posted on his blog said that around […]
European Commission urges Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus to tackle environmental issues
The European Commission (EC) has requested in its July infringement package from several EU member states in South-East Europe to tackle environmental issues like emissions or waste management, and to apply the EU rules in this regard. The EC requested Romania to tackle emissions from large combustion plants, adding that four industrial plants in the […]
Consortium Suez-Itochu only bidder for Vinča landfill rehabilitation project
One offer from the French-Japanese consortium Suez-Itochu has been received for public-private partnership contract for the rehabilitation of Vinča landfill near Belgrade, the city authorities announced. Opening of the bids for the public-private partnership contract for the treatment and disposal of municipal waste at Vinča landfill was held on July 13, and only one bid […]
EBRD Sustainable Energy Award to cement maker Salonit Anhovo
The Salonit Anhovo cement maker won the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bronze Sustainable Energy Award for the progress it achieved in using non-hazardous solid recovered waste in its energy mix. Another reason for the award to the Slovenian company is the fact that it lowered its pollution to levels that the cement […]