Waste

08 September 2021 - Siemens Gamesa will equip RWE's offshore wind park with turbines that have recyclable blades, thanks to a resin that can be separated upon decommissioning. 

06 September 2021 - A plasma gasification plant worth EUR 327 million will handle most of the municipal waste in North Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said

02 September 2021 - Zelena akcija and initiative "Siščani nisu smetlišćani!" have asked the Croatian government to stop the project.

25 August 2021 - European Greens Co-chair Thomas Waitz said he would speak in the European Parliament about Rio Tinto's project and the devastation of the Danube in Serbia

25 August 2021 - The measure was part of the program of his green-left coalition We Can!, which focuses on the energy transition.

10 August 2021 - A fire erupted at the Vinča landfill. Belgrade authorities say Beo čista energija is in charge but it claims it would rehabilitate it when it gets a permit.

30 July 2021 - Consortium led by Bulgarian construction firm Mix-Construction has been selected for the construction of a combined heat and power facility

26 July 2021 - The Government has withdrawn controversial changes to the Water Law that would have introduced no-bid agreements for the lease of public waterside land.

20 July 2021 - Croatia's parliament has adopted a new law on waste management which bans the sale of single-use plastic products.

16 July 2021 - Serbia recorded the sharpest decline in household waste recycling in Europe between 2010 and 2019, of 70%, with the average recycling rate of just 0.4%.

14 July 2021 - While the US is the world’s biggest generator of plastic waste, India is responsible for dumping the largest amounts of plastics into the ocean.

06 July 2021 - The EU's deadline to ban single-use plastics has passed, but only a handful of member states have done enough to comply.

03 July 2021 - Participants of the workshop said an increasing number of women from different spheres are becoming active in efforts to protect the environment and that they have the enthusiasm and energy to combine their strengths to create models for sustainable development with a particular focus on gender issues.

02 July 2021 - Danish plastic construction toy producer Lego Group has unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic.

28 June 2021 - Croatian divers have pulled out nearly 15 tons of waste in an underwater clean-up operation on the Adriatic island of Vis.

25 June 2021 - Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia are stepping up their efforts to reduce their dependence on landfilling, modernize their waste management infrastructure and align their legal framework with that of the EU.