Green fund seeks approval for greater deficit
As the previous government planned tenders and public calls for energy renovation of houses and buildings unrealistically and in a financially unsustainable way, the budget of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) for this year and next was burdened with HRK 750 million (EUR 100 million) of obligations which are difficult to settle, […]
Probation starts for biological purifier in Prud
Mayor of Metković Katarina Ujdur and minister of environment and nature Slaven Dobrović launched a six-month probationary period for a biological wastewater treatment facility in the village of Prud, which will protect the Norina well from which much of the valley of the Neretva river and the islands of Pelješac, Korčula, Mljet and Lastovo are […]
EIB sets EUR 360 million for co-financing with EU funds
Romanian Partnership Agreement with the European Union for the 2014-2020 programming period will be supported by the European Investment Bank’s loan of EUR 360 million. Growth-oriented investments will be financed under operational programmes targeting competitiveness, human capital and large-scale infrastructure, EIB said after the agreement was signed. The loan will focus on energy, environmental improvement, […]
EBRD, FAO produce study on use of animal waste
A study on the possibilities to utilize animal by-products was presented in Belgrade at the meeting of working groups for meat and milk, within a project of public–private political dialogue. It is implemented in Serbia by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which financed the […]
Rehabilitation starts at landfill Teodorovac
Landfill for non-hazardous waste Teodorovac is located close to family houses. The rehabilitation of the facility began, financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU). The project is worth HRK 6.6 million (EUR 881,000). The beneficiary is the Municipality of Đurđenovac in Croatia’s east and […]
Seraw inks contract for radioactive waste repository
Bulgarian State Enterprise Radioactive Waste SE (SERAW) said it signed a EUR 72 million contract to build a radioactive waste disposal facility for its Kozloduy nuclear power plant. It should be completed within 60 months and the repository is to be commissioned in 2021, according to the statement posted on its website. The agreement was […]
Newsweek Green Rankings sets Ball at position 24
Branislav Savić, head of Ball Packaging Europe Belgrade Ltd., said Ball Corporation gives great significance to environmental protection as its responsibility. The international packaging business came in 24th at 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings, published last month. The magazine’s annual chart assesses the overall environmental performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States […]
EU standards for product design to ease recycling
Amendments to European Union rules in the waste management sector will affect the way products are designed in order to make them more recyclable, reusable and repairable, said Kyriakos Parpounas, general manager of Green Dot (Cyprus) Public Co. Ltd. The head of the package material recycling organisation told Cyprus News Agency there will also be […]