Zijin expanding Serbian mine without comprehensive environmental study
Serbia received a complaint against its decision to allow Zijin to expand a copper mine without a comprehensive environmental impact study
Paper recycling worsens climate change if fossil fuels are used
Wastepaper industry emissions can be almost wiped out with renewables while current practices actually make matters worse
Coffee grounds waste emerging as powerful heating fuel, fertilizer
Projects are springing up across the globe for making fuel and fertilizer from coffee dregs, which prevents landfilling
Albania, BiH, Montenegro, North Macedonia have highest plastic leakage rates into Mediterranean
Per capita, Montenegro, Albania, BiH and North Macedonia have the highest levels of plastic leakage into the Mediterranean.
EU adopts methane emission cuts strategy within European Green Deal
The EU plans international action throughout the supply chain to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere
Vinča incinerator project moves ahead but Belgrade still without waste separation system
The waste incineration plant under construction in Vinča will make Belgrade lag behind Serbia’s efforts to reach EU recycling targets, activists claimed and stressed the city doesn’t have a developed household waste separation system. Beo čista energija amended its environmental impact study to match new rules and improve pollution control. Suez and Itochu have been […]
EU presents guidelines on Green Agenda for Western Balkans
The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, envisaged by the European Green Deal, is expected to be endorsed by the Western Balkan leaders at a summit in Bulgarian capital Sofia in November, the European Commission has said. In the European Green Deal, a plan to make the EU climate neutral by 2050, the commission says […]
World Bank to help Croatia improve waste management, switch to circular economy
Croatia, lagging behind on European Union’s waste prevention targets, will receive support from the World Bank to transform its solid waste management system and incorporate circular economy approaches into its post-2022 National Waste Management Plan. An agreement under which the World Bank will provide technical assistance to support the Government of Croatia in the transformation […]