2021 municipal waste report: Croatia continues progress but targets still unreachable
The country continued to make progress in almost all important sectors of waste management, but it was not enough to achieve the set goals
Waste management sector can help Europe lower gas consumption
The sector conducts recycling and recovery operations and produces heat and energy through incineration and anaerobic digestion
Island of Tilos – zero waste gem in Aegean Sea
The island of Tilos in the Aegean Sea is implementing a waste management program that will enable the local community to dispose of almost all waste through a sorting and recycling system. It is the first island in the world that abolish landfilling, and over 80% of waste goes to recycling. Also, Tilos completely switched […]
EU power, gas prices smashing records amid drought, EdF’s nuclear plant setback
Low water levels in major rivers disturb the operation of nuclear power plants and the transportation of coal
First green bonds issued in Croatia
The strategic partners in the green bond issue are Erste&Steiermärkische Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Drought to cost Montenegro’s EPCG utility EUR 100 million in third quarter
State-owned power producer EPCG said it would have to import 294 GWh of electricity in the three months through September due to drought
Seven-day deadline for Serbia’s new MPs to verify petition against lithium
The Serbian parliament has seven days to verify the people's initiative to ban lithium and boron excavation, environmentalists said
Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered – IUCN Red List
The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. All surviving sturgeon species – also migratory, found across the northern hemisphere – are now at […]