Waste
Serbia introduces Green Budget, earmarks EUR 1 billion for projects
06 December 2024 - The 2025 Budget Law includes the first Green Budget annex, listing 64 green projects to be implemented next year
Zagreb picks technological solution for city’s waste management system
22 November 2024 - The city has selected technological solution C, one of three proposed, based on an analysis of municipal waste processing technologies
Montenegro signs EUR 50 million loan agreement with France’s AFD
20 November 2024 - AFD will support Montenegro's reforms in waste management, renewable energy, sustainable forestry, and climate action
Croatia’s Krk is world’s second zero waste island
01 November 2024 - Zero Waste Europe approved the certification in recognition of outstanding achievements in sustainable waste management
Kosovo* gets EUR 12.6 million for waste management
18 October 2024 - The European Union provided the funding while Germany's KfW Development Bank would be in charge of the project implementation
Serbian White Book on Waste-to-Energy presented in Belgrade
07 September 2024 - The types and composition of generated waste must be determined to be able to manage it, according to the authors of the Serbian White Book on Waste-to-Energy
Serbia drafts changes to Law on Energy
22 August 2024 - Public consultations on the draft law on changes and amendments to the Law on Energy will last until September 10
Lafarge Serbia to build first plant using ash in cement production
22 August 2024 - Lafarge Serbia plans to build a factory near the Nikola Tesla B power plant, where ash generated as a byproduct of combustion would be used in cement production
Waste-to-energy is win-win solution for Podgorica landfill – minister
09 August 2024 - Municipal waste management utility Deponija in Podgorica plans to build a waste-to-energy facility, its director Aleksandar Božović said
Zagreb terminates concession for wastewater treatment plant with E.ON, EVN
06 August 2024 - The Zagreb public utility Vodoopskrba i Odvodnja (ViO) has taken over the management of the city's central wastewater treatment plant
Ocean plastic pollution damage could reach USD 731 billion by 2050
06 August 2024 - If the influx of plastic waste into the ocean continues, the potential economic damage could total USD 731 billion by 2050
Switching to green steel would add just EUR 8 per electric vehicle by 2040
11 July 2024 - Switching to 40% green steel would add just EUR 57 to the sticker price of an electric vehicle in 2030, according to an analysis by T&E
Beo Čista Energija officially starts producing energy from waste at Vinča landfill in Belgrade
03 July 2024 - Beo Čista Energija started the waste incineration in February 2023 as a final phase of testing its waste-to-energy facility
CO2 is CO2: Zero Waste Europe calls for including incineration in EU ETS
25 June 2024 - Incinerators are poised to become the most carbon-intensive power source once coal is phased out, claims Zero Waste Europe
French firms to build, operate Belgrade’s first wastewater plant
24 June 2024 - The large-scale wastewater plant in Veliko Selo would help preserve the water quality and biodiversity of the Danube and Sava rivers
Full decarbonization of production is Elixir Group’s strategic goal for 2030
10 June 2024 - At the production location in Prahovo, which is the center of Elixir's chemical production, four new greenfield plants with a completely new industrial infrastructure will be built by 2027, which are investments worth around 300 million euros