Waste
EUR 28 million from IPA fund approved for wastewater treatment, waste separation
17 December 2018 - A total of EUR 28 million under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2017 will...
Waste separation, recycling in Belgrade hinge on progress in Vinča landfill remediation project – deputy mayor
13 December 2018 - Gradska Čistoća, the public waste management utility for the Serbian capital Belgrade, a city of...
RDF-burning CHP plant project given go-ahead
12 December 2018 - The Bulgarian government has given the green light to the managing authority of Operational Programme...
Montenegro opens chapter 27 of EU accession talks
11 December 2018 - Montenegro has opened chapter 27 of EU membership negotiations, which deals with the environment and...
EBRD now offering “mega” Green Innovation Vouchers of up to EUR 50,000
30 November 2018 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has moved into a new phase of...
World’s first bike path made from recycled plastic opens in Netherlands
23 November 2018 - The world’s first PlasticRoad bike path opened recently in Zwolle, the Netherlands. Made from recycled...
Recycling industry says to fold over state’s failure to pay for processed hazardous waste in 2018
22 November 2018 - For three years now, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has been making allocations under the...
UNDP financing Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative to help improve environmental public services
16 November 2018 - The City of Sarajevo and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
Single-use is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
08 November 2018 - ‘Single-use’, a term that describes items whose unchecked proliferation are blamed for damaging the environment...
Use of biomass toward low-carbon industry – challenges and prospects
07 November 2018 - Serbia’s cement industry is ready to increase the use of biomass as fuel, which would...
Japan funds construction of Macedonia’s first EU-standard landfill
05 November 2018 - Macedonia has completed the construction of its first EU-standard sanitary landfill, in a USD 1...
Green Climate Fund supports EBRD’s Green Cities Facility with EUR 87 million
05 November 2018 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has received a EUR 87 million contribution...
EU approves EUR 243 million package for birds, bats, other projects to protect nature, environment
01 November 2018 - The European Commission has approved an investment package of EUR 243 million from the EU...
Over 3 tonnes of waste cooking oil collected from households in first year of project
31 October 2018 - Oil and gas company INA has collected more than 3 tonnes of waste cooking oil...
Istanbul’s deposit system lets you pay transit fare with recyclables
30 October 2018 - As cities around the world start deploying deposit systems, Istanbul, with a population of nearly...
European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics from 2021
26 October 2018 - Single-use plastics such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds will be banned...