GE promotes advantages of biogas utilization
“We want to identify the waste-to-energy potential in Serbia and the need for energy, but also to define the possible route towards succcesful development of energy generation from biogas in line with the existing conditions and regulations,” said Gaetano Massara, head of GE South East Europe, opening the conference ‘Serbian Biogas Market Trends and Challenges’ […]
International initiative for hazardous waste management
While developed countries in the European Union, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, recycle more than 80% of construction waste, none is recycled in Serbia. There are big amounts of construction waste in urban areas endangering the population’s safety, as it is not being dumped adequately, but thrown around settlements and in water streams, […]
Srpska regulating waste management with new law
A by-law was outlined, determining the documents needed for applications to import, export and transport waste through the Republic of Srpska. Suggestions will be received by November 28. The deadline for suggestions for the draft bill on waste management has finished, according to data on the website of the entity’s government, so the document is […]
Kragujevac gets funding for recycling centre
Stana Božović, state secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Radomir Nikolić, mayor of Kragujevac, and Radoslav Matić, head of local waste utility JKP Čistoća, signed the annex of the contract on the construction and equipment of the city’s recycling centre. The project is worth RSD 45 million (EUR 373,300), Kanal 9 TV […]
Eleven offers for Belgrade landfill PPP
Offers for the selection of an operator for the Vinča landfill as part of a public-private partnership (PPP) have been opened in the City Council building of Belgrade, and mayor Siniša Mali said there were eleven bidders. „I am very satisfied with the response by investors, confirming that this is currently the biggest project of […]
Waste processing plant inaugurated near Sofia
A mechanical-biological treatment facility with a capacity of 410,000 tonnes of mixed waste per year was launched in the village of Yana in the Kremikovtsi administrative district of Bulgaria’s capital, Focus Information Agency reported. The project was carried out with the financial support of national Operational Programme Environment 2007–2013 and a EUR 33 million loan […]
Landfill, cogeneration PPP opens qualifications stage
The city of Belgrade published an invitation for qualifications recognition in a public–private partnership (PPP) for services of treatment and disposal of residual municipal solid waste. Applications must be submitted by October 15 to the Secretariat for Environmental Protection, the contracting authority. The decision on the recognition of the qualifications shall be made within 25 days. The […]
Gorenje sells waste-processing subsidiary Surovina
Polish Tesla Recycling acquired the majority stake in a subsidiary of international household appliances maker Gorenje, headquartered in the town of Velenje, Slovenian Press Agency (STA) said. Gorenje Surovina is a waste-processing company with a production plant which serves as a technological and development platform for the development of an alternative fuel production programme in […]