Waste
Slovenia to build three mixed waste incinerators, solve sludge issue
11 June 2021 - Minister Andrej Vizjak says the Government of Slovenia would determine concession areas and help municipalities build three incinerators
Role of women in sustainable management of natural resources in Drina river basin – register for workshop
10 June 2021 - The workshop “Gender dimensions in the sustainable management of natural resources through a Nexus approach in the Drina River Basin” is to take place on June 23. Read more and register.
North Macedonia plans investments in energy of EUR 3.1 billion by 2027
01 June 2021 - Prime Minister Zaev said investments in energy of EUR 3.1 billion are expected by 2027, of which the overwhelming majority is for renewables
Report reveals world’s biggest single use plastics producers, investors
19 May 2021 - The Plastic Waste Makers Index identified ExxonMobil, Barclays, Vanguard and Saudi Arabia as the biggest producers and investors in single use plastics
Cooperative in Croatia supplies biomass power plant with olive tree waste
17 May 2021 - Thanks to the deal with GEEN's biomass CHP plant, agricultural cooperative Maslina i vino doesn't have to destroy the waste from its olive trees and vines
Serbia revamps plan to install waste incinerator in Niš
29 April 2021 - Serbia is in talks with partners from China and Europe on a waste incinerator in Niš worth EUR 100 million, refreshing a plan from one decade ago
First facility for recycling electric car batteries in EU to be built in Poland
09 April 2021 - Polish recycling company Elemental Holding will construct a EUR 182 million facility for treating batteries and other waste containing metals.
Calculate your food waste and halve the amount to save money and protect nature
02 April 2021 - A calculator enables families in Finland to calculate their food waste, financial loss and climate impact so that they could plan better and cut the damage
Serbia seeks WBIF grants for Trans-Balkan corridor, eight wastewater plants
03 March 2021 - The country has sent nine applications for grants in the amount of EUR 157 million from the Western Balkans Investment Framework.
Call for companies to register, submit data in FBiH waste management information system
24 February 2021 - The regulation on new waste management information system obliges companies to do so by March 31 or June 30.
Waste management development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 February 2021 - An overview of waste management development in BiH, recent reforms and investment opportunities that arise from the country's complexity.
TEŠ terminates waste coincineration project in Šoštanj thermal power plant
11 February 2021 - Under fire for soliciting neighboring municipalities' opinion, TEŠ announced it would discontinue work on waste coincineration project for Šoštanj TPP.
Serbia inks EUR 3.2 billion deal with China’s CRBC for wastewater projects, landfills
08 February 2021 - CRBC agreed to design and build dozens of wastewater treatment and network systems and rehabilitate or build six regional landfills in Serbia.
Public–private partnership misses deadline to shut Belgrade’s Vinča landfill
04 February 2021 - Suez and Itochu were supposed to close the waste landfill in Vinča on January 31 and start using the new site, CLS said and blamed Belgrade's authorities
Šoštanj municipality rejects waste incineration plan for thermal power plant
02 February 2021 - TEŠ's project to add SRF waste to the coal that it burns in the Šoštanj thermal power plant hit a wall at the municipal council
Sofia launches tendering for CHP plant as part of waste management system
14 January 2021 - The facility will burn refuse derived fuel to produce heat for the district heating system and electricity which will be delivered to the grid.