Albania to ban lightweight plastic bags on July 4
Albania is introducing a ban on lightweight plastic bags on July 4, in what will make it illegal to import, manufacture, use, sell, or bring such bags into the country. “This is a difficult but necessary decision,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said commenting on the upcoming ban on lightweight plastic bags, Tema reported. Lightweight […]
Maribor to get automated mixed municipal waste sorting facility in late June
Waste management company Snaga’s project to sort mixed municipal waste for recycling at a facility in Maribor was presented at a recently held international conference in the Slovenian city, which gathered mayors of Maribor’s sister cities at the invitation of Maribor Mayor Andrej Fištravec. Snaga’s fully-automated facility, to sort more than 50% of mixed municipal […]
Cyprus preparing plan to cut GHG emissions, plastic waste – minister
Cyprus will complete a new national plan for climate and energy within the year to address cutting GHG emissions and plastic waste, Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment Minister Costas Kadis said during a recent discussion in the Cypriot parliament. For his part, Theodoulos Mesimeris, Head of the Climate Change Unit at the ministry’s Department of […]
Macedonia opens public debate on draft waste management, waste prevention plans
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has launched a public debate on the draft new national waste management plan, envisaging the formation of the Environment Agency, and the draft waste prevention plan, which calls for bringing additional waste streams under extended producer responsibility (EPR). The implementation of the waste management and waste prevention plans would […]
Sokobanja launches Serbia’s 1st complete source separation system for packaging waste
Sokobanja has become the first city in Serbia to put in place a complete source separation system for packaging waste, as part of a project jointly implemented by the municipality of Sokobanja, public utility Napredak, and packaging waste management operator Sekopak. As part of a project to promote recycling of packaging waste, 350 outdoor sorted […]
Serbia’s cement industry important link in sustainable waste management, standards are necessary
Serbia’s cement industry is interested in co-processing significant amounts of different types of waste, which would reduce imports of fuel and would have a significant positive impact on the environment, according to a workshop organized by the Association of the Cement Industry of Serbia (CIS) and the Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS). The workshop […]
Montenegro gives up on waste incinerator option
The Montenegrin government has recently adopted a decision amending the state waste management plan for 2015-2020, eliminating an option to build a waste incinerator, though still allowing for smaller thermal treatment facilities. Prior to the amendments, the waste incinerator was envisaged as an option at a waste management center in Nikšić, which was disputed by […]
Belgrade to “do its part” to enable launch of works under Vinča landfill project by next spring
The City of Belgrade will “do its part” within legal deadlines to enable launching construction by the spring of 2019 under a EUR 333 million public-private partnership (PPP) project to remediate the Vinča landfill – Serbia’s biggest environmental problem – and build modern waste management facilities, City Manager Goran Vesić said. Vesić was speaking while […]
