Croatia, Montenegro and Albania join forces to fight Adriatic sea waste
The ministers of Croatia, Montenegro and Albania in charge of environmental protection have agreed to strengthen the cooperation and make it more result-oriented while looking for available funds in order to solve the problems with growing sea waste in the Adriatic Sea. At the meeting held in Dubrovnik, in Croatia, earlier this week, minister Tomislav […]
Republika Srpska adopts new law on waste management
The Republika Srpska parliament adopted a law on amendments to the law on waste management. The law was adopted under emergency proceedings. The goal of the law is to set norms for coefficients and goals in calculating fees for the polluters who dump packaging waste. The fees will be collected from whoever dumps the waste […]
Romania eyeing security payment for recyclable packaging materials
Romania could introduce a RON 2 (EUR 0.43) security payment for products packaged in recyclable materials if the project of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change gets the green light. The goal of introducing security payments is to improve the waste management in the country. According to the Agerpres report, Romania’s environment minister Gratiela Gavrilescu […]
Municipal waste management in Croatia – race against time
Even though the implementation of the Decree on the management of municipal waste was to begin in Croatia on February 1, it has not yet been fully implemented. Some cities have been classifying waste for several years now, while others are not ready yet – Zagreb, for example. The Decree came into force on November […]
International Energy and Investment Days in Novi Sad on March 1-2
Seventh International Energy and Investment Days will be held in Novi Sad on March 2-3, with the focus on topical issues in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, construction and environmental protection. This biggest Forum for international and local projects is the only Forum in Vojvodina of the kind is organized by Central […]
Slovenia plans to set up European circular economy center this year
Slovenia plans to set up a European circular economy center this year, as part of the global Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE), Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar announced recently in Davos, according to STA Agency. Slovenia has defined a circular economy as one of the 12 objectives of its 2030 development strategy. It will […]
Plastic waste processing in Serbia attracts interest of foreign investors
Representatives of the Italian company Novamont are interested in the development of a system for the processing of plastic waste in Serbia. Earlier this month, the Chinese company Blue Sky officially announced the construction of a plastic waste processing plant in Ćuprija. Italians visited earlier this week S Group, paints and plastic raw materials producer […]
City of Belgrade launches tendering to construct waste water treatment plant
The Belgrade Construction and Land Directorate published a tender to plan and construct the waste water purification facility Međulužje in Mladenovac. The facility, worth an estimated RSD 96 million will process waste water which will then be released into the Jablanica river. The suburb of Međulužje, which has a population of almost 6,000 people, does […]