Waste
Belgian company to build EUR 1.4 billion car battery factory in east Romania
27 June 2023 - Belgian firm ABEE agreed to invest EUR 1.4 billion in the construction of an electric car battery factory called Romvolt in Galaţi
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske plans to burn waste in its Gacko coal plant
17 May 2023 - The power utility is planning a pilot project for burning up to 1,200 tons of waste per day together with coal in the Gacko facility
Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet with climate literacy, global cleanup
17 April 2023 - A series of both virtual events and gatherings are being held as part of the first-ever Earth Week, culminating on Earth Day, April 22
Global Recycling Day: from waste sorting to reducing CO2 emissions
18 March 2023 - Global Recycling Day is marked on March 18 to highlight the importance of reusing items...
EU’s used clothing, footwear exports ending up in landfills in Africa, Asia
28 February 2023 - The European Environment Agency has warned of the issues caused by exporting discarded textiles including used clothing and footwear
Slovenia exports waste to Balkans, Asia
24 February 2023 - The largest quantities of scrap metals were sent to Turkey, plastics were sold mostly to Asian countries while RDF ended predominantly in BiH
Beo Čista Energija starts producing energy from waste at Vinča landfill in Belgrade
13 February 2023 - The waste-to energy facility is one of the most important segments of the public-private partnership for the rehabilitation of the Vinča landfill
Waste is a resource: EU to impose stricter rules, ban plastic waste export
24 January 2023 - The EU is looking to ban the export of all waste intended for disposal, as well as plastic waste shipments to non-OECD countries
Serbia looking for contractor to build sanitary landfill Kalenić
19 January 2023 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a tender for the construction of regional sanitary landfill Kalenić
North Macedonia secures funding for first major investment in waste management
18 January 2023 - The project will cover more than one million inhabitants in five regions: South-East, South-West, Pelagonia, Polog, and Vardar
EU to phase in CO2 border tax by end-2033, when it fully eliminates free carbon permits
20 December 2022 - The EU is set to fully phase out free carbon allowances for the industry four years after it implements the carbon border tax, CBAM, in its entirety
Ten commandments for sustainable waste management in Serbia
19 December 2022 - Over the past year, prominent domestic and international experts have scanned in detail the state of the sector and offered recommendations
Finnish startup retrofitting old Tesla batteries for other energy storage uses
01 December 2022 - Cactos from Finland gives alternative purposes to second-life electric vehicle batteries, with the help of its cloud-based software
Vinča regional landfill improves Serbia’s waste management in 2021
28 November 2022 - The new landfill in Vinca started operating in August 2021, according to the website of its operator Beo Čista Energija
Waste-to-energy in Serbia – a cause for concern or an opportunity to reap environmental-climate-energy benefits
11 November 2022 - In this latest article in the series "Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy", we discuss the waste-to-energy concept with Professor Vladimir Pavićević, Igor Jezdimirović, and Helga Stoiber
European Commission proposes stricter rules on air, water pollutants
27 October 2022 - The EU is amending the regulations for ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants and urban wastewater treatment