Environmentalists support waste management plan
Seven environmental groups endorsed the draft 2016-2022 Waste Management Plan which the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection presented for public hearing, according to a report by the Croatian Association for Energetics published on its portal Croenergo.eu. Environmentalists stressed how strengthening the system for separate collection at recycling centres helps local industry and create conditions for new […]
Four Balkan countries top emissions targets
Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania are in the group of European Union member states which may not need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in sectors of transport, waste, construction and farming at least until 2030, according to an analysis published by Climate Change News. The bloc’s new targets showed the four states tracked by Balkan […]
Montenegro ranks concessions for four small hydro projects
The Ministry of Economy of Montenegro said a tender commission has determined the rankings in the procedure of granting concessions for the construction of small hydro stations to produce electricity at locations on four watercourses in the country’s north and central areas, while the offer for Sjevernica was rejected as invalid. First-ranked bidders were selected […]
Landfill for Subotica region to be finished next year
One of the largest construction sites in Serbia lies between Bikovo and Oromo, in North Bačka District, portal Subotica.com reported. Construction of a regional landfill began in the middle of last year with the aim for the most advanced waste management system to be completed in 2017. The regional facility for the city of Subotica […]
Rehabilitation of landfill Meka underway
Workers came to waste landfill Meka at Ludbreg, a town in the northern part of Croatia, to start recovering it. Total worth of the remediation of the municipal facility is HRK 37 million (EUR 4.9 million), financed with more than EUR 4.1 million from the Cohesion Fund of the European Union, while EUR 628.000 is […]
Green roofs as a modern concept of green building and its benefits to environment
Katarina Penonić, Master Engineer of Urbanism and Regional Development, B.Sc. Landscape Architect and Dejan Lazić, Senior Landscape Architect, General Manager at Green Decor doo, Belgrade. For more information www.zelenikrovovi.rs. Increasing population growth and the zones covered with buildings in urban areas created a less comfortable living, lower quality of life for people in cities and on […]
EU finds Croatia infringes rules on waste
The European Commission is requesting Croatia to bring its national law into full conformity with European Union’s rules on waste. The Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) aims to minimize the negative effects of the generation and management of waste on human health and the environment, the press release said and added the aim is also to […]
Study presented for wastewater treatment plant in Niš
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the European Union Delegation in Serbia and of the Office for European Integration of Serbia attended a presentation of a feasibility study for the project of wastewater collection and treatment in the city of Niš, located in the country’s south. The ministry said the document should […]