Waste
Serbia amends municipal packaging waste reduction targets
11 March 2024 - The Regulation on Determining Packaging Waste Reduction Plan didn't bring desired results, prompting recent changes
Romania to subsidize construction of recycling facilities with EUR 220 million
05 March 2024 - The Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests approved funding for the construction of approximately 26 recycling facilities
Brčko to get waste management center in line with EU standards
12 February 2024 - The center is one of five projects in the Brčko District financed by the World Bank under its Drina and Sava corridors development program
Prozor-Rama is only BiH municipality that sorts all collected waste
06 February 2024 - Of all processed waste, 60% is reused. The local authority says the rest can only be incinerated, to produce energy.
Holcim selects Miljan Gutović as its next CEO
01 February 2024 - Holcim said its Head of the Region Europe and Operational Excellence Miljan Gutović would replace CEO Jan Jenisch on May 1
Serbia spends most of green bond proceeds in transport, water, wastewater sectors
27 January 2024 - Serbia has allocated all the funds from its first green bond issue, according to the final report. The transport sector accounted for 36.7%.
Croatia intends to build its first waste incinerator in Dalmatia
26 January 2024 - Croatia plans to install its first waste incineration facility within the Bikarac waste management center, located in the Šibenik-Knin County
Three local authorities in Serbia considering waste-to-energy project
22 January 2024 - Representatives of local authorities in Kraljevo, Vrnjačka Banja, and Trstenik attended a presentation of waste-to-energy solutions
Projects worth EUR 5.6 billion underway in Bulgaria to replace coal
22 January 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria may close much faster than planned. Companies submitted over 70 proposals for the Just Transition Fund.
Vučić: Major energy projects to commence; new Government of Serbia to decide on Rio Tinto’s lithium project
21 January 2024 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić presented a development program for the period until the Specialized Expo 2027 exhibition in Belgrade
City of Zagreb presents new waste management system
19 January 2024 - Environmentalists from Zelena akcija welcomed the effort to close Jakuševec, but they urged against producing fuel from waste, to be burned
First facility for production of hydrogen in Croatia to be installed in Križevci
17 January 2024 - The hydrogen project is being implemented by Dok-Ing from Zagreb and the Križevci waste management utility Križevačko Komunalno Poduzeće
Scientific expedition exploring presence of microplastics in Antarctica
08 January 2024 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sent its first expedition to study the presence of microplastics in Antarctica
Belgium-based ABEE to invest EUR 1.1 billion in battery production in Bulgaria
15 December 2023 - ABEE launched a EUR 1.1 billion project for a battery plant, recycling facility and an R&D center in Bulgaria
Romania introduces deposit refund system
04 December 2023 - The Romanian DRS is set to become the second-largest in Europe, and the world's largest centralized national DRS by volume of containers
Construction waste ends up in illegal landfills even though 70% can be recycled
27 October 2023 - Croatia generates 1.7 million tons of construction waste per year but it is often difficult for its recyclers to obtain it as a raw material