Serbia fails to comply with provisions on heavy fuel oil
Serbia failed to comply with the provisions of the Directive 1999/32/EC on the maximum sulphur content of heavy fuel oil, the Energy Community Secretariat said in a statement after assessment with the requirements for the participation of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) in working groups of the Agency for the Cooperation […]
EBRD boss supports Serbia’s EU path
Serbia has been on a right road to the European Union, but further reforms in economy are needed to secure the country’s leadership in business environment, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti said in Belgrade on Thursday. He added the EBRD managed to increase investment to around EUR 500 million […]
Wastewater facility construction underway near Kučičino
Near the village of Kučičino in the Municipality of Češinovo Obleševo in the eastern part of Macedonia, ground works started for facilities for wastewater treatment. Very close to the settlement, heavy machinery was leveling the ground and preparing the terrain, news agency MIA reported. The contractor of the project is company Ecoina d.o.o. from Croatia, […]
Project Region2Sustain completed in Osijek
Company Unikom d.o.o. and the Regional Development Agency of Slavonia and Baranja, on the Croatian side, and city of Beremend (Breme) on the Hungarian side, has completed Region2Sustain project, which lasts until August 31. A press conference was organized in Osijek on August 24, to mark the event. The endeavour was launched to create conditions for the […]
Summer school on renewable energy as the driving force for local development
For the 12th year in a row, from 21 to 27 August, the municipality of Fojnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is hosting a regional summer school covering topics on sustainable energy and energy planning. It is organized by the Regional Information and Education Centre (REIC), in collaboration with the German cooperation GIZ, the Konrad Adenauer […]
Novi Sad to host ISWA 2016 World Congress next month
What is the future of the industry within the fourth industrial revolution? How do climate change agreements and a funding boost innovation in waste management and recycling? Why does circular economy make communication a central element of every waste management activity? How can we practically intervene to deliver improvements in both developed and developing countries? […]
Stagnation begins at the moment improvements stop
With 132 ongoing projects following the vision of sustainable development, Ljubljana is upgrading the concept in the year it was awarded the title of the European Green Capital. The Slovenian city is first in Southeastern Europe and the only one with this title in the radius of over 1,000 kilometres. Mayor Zoran Janković tells Balkan […]
Sigurec – the innovative collection infrastructure
In Romania, Sigurec is an acronym meaning “for sure recycled, for sure economical.” This is a unique innovative solution for packaging and electric and electronic waste, that is automatic, recording in real time all data about the waste collected, and giving out shopping vouchers as rewards for people using it. The project, implemented by Green […]