Green Group installs smart recycling station Sigurec at Cora

Retailer Cora Romania partnered with recycler Green Group to launch its automated waste collection unit Sigurec at the parking lot of Lujerului hypermarket. All recyclable waste from home can be brought: from plastic packaging, glass containers or aluminium cans, to paper, cardboard, electronics, to lamps, light bulbs and batteries, an article in The Diplomat explains. […]

Waste April 10, 2016

Zagreb abandons possibility to build incinerator

The City of Zagreb will find an optimal solution for waste management in cooperation with citizens and the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, stated Milan Bandić, mayor of the capital of Croatia, and Slaven Dobrović, minister, after the first meeting of the working group for the adoption of an action plan. The goal is […]

Waste April 7, 2016

Waste transfer station opened in Koceljeva

The Government of the Netherlands financed the establishment of a waste transfer station in Koceljeva in Serbia’s west with EUR 750.000, aiming to promote sustainable development in the country. The facility was opened by the municipality’s officials and the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the Embassy of the Kingdom of […]

Waste April 6, 2016

Greek entrepreneurs sought in relation to waste affair

Cyprus attorney general Costas Clerides ordered European arrest warrants to be issued for construction mogul Leonidas Bobolas and businessman Theofanis Lolos, both from Greece, for suspected involvement in embezzlement in waste management in Marathounda and Koshi. According to Socrates Hasikos, interior minister of Cyprus, the state can officially terminate the contract with Greek company Helector […]

Waste March 28, 2016

Contract signed for recycling centre in Bajina Bašta

Intergovernmental development organization International Management Group (IMG) will implement the project of the construction of a recycling facility in Bajina Bašta financed by a EUR 175,000 donation from Sweden. The municipality, located in Serbia’s west, provides another EUR 25,000, according to the agreement. Radomir Filipović, head of local authority, said the project covers primary separation […]

Waste March 25, 2016

Balkan countries fare bad in waste treatment structure

Eurostat’s data as of 2014 revealed all markets followed by Balkan Green Energy News underperform overall European waste management achievements, except Slovenia, which is above average in recycling. Albania was excluded from the latest report. The mean rate of recycling is 28% and Slovenia tops it by 21 percentage points. In comparison, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, […]

Waste March 21, 2016

Operator of Možura landfill inks biogas facility deal

Representatives of Možura d. o. o., landfill operator from Montenegro’s southern coastal municipality of Bar signed an agreement with a consortium of Indel inženjering d. o. o. from Podgorica and its partners from Slovenia to construct a facility for biogas aspiration, transport and combustion. The project worth EUR 300,000 has 150 days to be completed, while […]

Waste March 3, 2016

Čačak gets waste recycling centre, transfer station

Regional waste management system Duboko, adjacent to the city of Užice in Serbia’s west, got backed up by a recycling centre and transfer station in nearby Čačak. The facilities worth EUR 1 million were opened by Stana Božović, state secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection. She said the project helps financial sustainability […]

Waste March 1, 2016