Waste
Waste management sector can help Europe lower gas consumption
04 August 2022 - The sector conducts recycling and recovery operations and produces heat and energy through incineration and anaerobic digestion
Island of Tilos – zero waste gem in Aegean Sea
04 August 2022 - The island of Tilos in the Aegean Sea is implementing a waste management program that...
Hazardous industrial waste – export is expensive, but landfilling costs even more
19 July 2022 - In this latest article in the series “Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy,” we discuss the flow of industrial waste, primarily hazardous waste,
EPS intends to co-incinerate waste in two coal power plants
12 July 2022 - State-owned company has announced a tender for the preparation of investment and technical documentation for the co-incineration project
Plastic Bag Free Day, Plastic Free July – not all responsibility is on consumers
03 July 2022 - Recent studies revealed that microplastic pollution is taking on new forms and shapes that threaten human health
Environmentalists demand reusable, refillable packaging from biggest plastic polluters
17 June 2022 - Over 400 organizations demand that the five biggest plastic polluters commit to transparent, ambitious and accountable reuse and refill systems
Serbia to build regional waste management centers in Pirot, Sremska Mitrovica
15 June 2022 - The project of building regional and recycling centers will solve problems in 50 cities and municipalities, the government said
Packaging waste – how citizens pay for businesses’ irresponsibility
13 June 2022 - In this latest article in the series “Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy,” Balkan Green Energy News discuss the packaging waste management system with Violeta Belanović Kokir, Kristina Cvejanov, and Dragana Katić
Danske Commodities, Cory sign PPA for one of largest energy-from-waste facilities in UK
10 June 2022 - Every year the facility on the Thames river burns around 750,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste collected in London
Croatia examining alternative fuels for its retired coal plant Plomin 1
07 June 2022 - A consortium will determine the best solutions for using gas, biomass and waste in defunct thermal power plant Plomin 1 in Croatia
Priority of new Government of Slovenia is to tackle energy crisis
06 June 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob promised everyone would take their fair share of the burden from rising food and energy prices
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
01 June 2022 - Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Albania bans single-use plastic bags
01 June 2022 - It is forbidden to produce, import and sell disposable plastic bags in Albania including those that are defined as oxo-degradable or oxo-biodegradable
Medical Chamber of Slovenia demands government to revoke decree on waste incinerators
27 May 2022 - The decree on granting concessions for waste incinerators neglects the environmental and health aspects, said the chamber
Slovenia to install three waste incinerators
13 May 2022 - The Government of Slovenia has adopted a decree on granting concessions for waste incineration as an obligatory public service
Small whale dies in Greek waters from swallowing plastic
06 May 2022 - There was 15 kilos of plastic in the stomach of a beaked whale carcass found on Rhodes, highlighting the risk from plastic waste on animals and people