Radioactive waste storage creates problems in Croatia-BiH relations
The European Commission has warned Croatia that it has two months to fully implement the directive on radioactive waste management or it will be taken to the Court of Justice. The Croatian authorities decided earlier that the only possible site for a storage facility for radioactive waste is on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
ISWA President: Wind turbine blades as future non-recyclable waste cause for concern
Rapid expansion of wind power, besides its various positive impacts on the environment, is a cause for concern since it will generate, as studies show, millions of tons of non-recyclable waste in the future, Antonis Mavropoulos, President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), warned. Mavropoulos in an opinion posted on his blog said that around […]
Consortium Suez-Itochu only bidder for Vinča landfill rehabilitation project
One offer from the French-Japanese consortium Suez-Itochu has been received for public-private partnership contract for the rehabilitation of Vinča landfill near Belgrade, the city authorities announced. Opening of the bids for the public-private partnership contract for the treatment and disposal of municipal waste at Vinča landfill was held on July 13, and only one bid […]
EBRD Sustainable Energy Award to cement maker Salonit Anhovo
The Salonit Anhovo cement maker won the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bronze Sustainable Energy Award for the progress it achieved in using non-hazardous solid recovered waste in its energy mix. Another reason for the award to the Slovenian company is the fact that it lowered its pollution to levels that the cement […]
Republic of Srpska waiting for waste management strategy
The draft Strategy on waste management has been submitted to the Republika of Srpska Parliament for adoption and has won unanimous support among MPs, RS Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology Srebrenka Golić said in a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Anders Hagelberg. The ambassador said the Republic of Srpska has taken positive steps […]
Campaign against plastic waste on Cyprus’ beaches launched
Two initiatives for waste collection and recycling in the tourist sector have been recently announced in Cyprus, amid tourist season. Campaign to fight plastic waste in the country was launched in Paphos, coastal town in the southwest of Cyprus, while the beginning of recycling of waste generated in Paphos hotels was announced for early 2018. […]
Ministry of agriculture and environmental protection calls recycling industry to apply for funding
The Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection published an invitation for stimulation funds for the re-use of waste and the production of re-usable plastic bags. Applications for the funds can be submitted to the ministry by waste facility operators and plastic bag makers up to January 31, 2018. The ministry published the details of […]
Belgrade citizens concerned about possible air pollution caused by fire at Vinča landfill
The fire at the landfill in Vinča, near Belgrade, which has been burning for a month now, has caused concern among citizens about air pollution in the city although local authorities claim that there is no cause for alarm. This has prompted the Ombudsman of Serbia to react and ask authorities to provide detailed information […]