Two Slovenian municipalities are first European zero waste certified cities
Certification means that the towns are already performing much better than required by European targets
EU greenlights Bulgaria’s recovery, resilience plan
The EU is about to formally adopt a EUR 6.3 billion grant package for Bulgaria as the European Commission finally endorsed its recovery and resilience plan
Municipal waste – Serbia’s untapped resource
We continue the series called Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy, with an article on municipal waste management. We spoke to Gojkan Stojinović, Jovanka Dakić and Milica Lukić.
Global Recycling Day – recycling is seventh resource for planetary conservation
Out of 2.1 billion metric tons of solid waste that is generated on Earth every year, only about 16% is recycled
United against plastic pollution: most important climate deal since the Paris Agreement
Pollution from plastics has reached epidemic proportions, officials said. Representatives of 175 countries adopted a resolution at the UN to end plastic pollution and to draft an international, legally binding agreement by 2024 at the latest. The resolution covers the production, design, and disposal – the entire life cycle – of plastics. The Fifth UN […]
EU allocates EUR 339 million for clean energy, environment projects in Western Balkans
The European Commission has unveiled a EUR 3.2 billion investment package to support 21 transport, digital, climate and energy projects
Garbage dumps in Serbia are quietly poisoning its citizens
Waste comes back like a boomerang through our water, land and air, enters the food chain and slowly poisons us
Istanbul expands waste-to-energy capacity to cover electricity needs of two million people
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality produced 844 GWh of power in waste incinerators and from landfill gas last year