Waste
Serbia seeks WBIF grants for Trans-Balkan corridor, eight wastewater plants
03 March 2021 - The country has sent nine applications for grants in the amount of EUR 157 million from the Western Balkans Investment Framework.
Call for companies to register, submit data in FBiH waste management information system
24 February 2021 - The regulation on new waste management information system obliges companies to do so by March 31 or June 30.
Waste management development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 February 2021 - An overview of waste management development in BiH, recent reforms and investment opportunities that arise from the country's complexity.
TEŠ terminates waste coincineration project in Šoštanj thermal power plant
11 February 2021 - Under fire for soliciting neighboring municipalities' opinion, TEŠ announced it would discontinue work on waste coincineration project for Šoštanj TPP.
Serbia inks EUR 3.2 billion deal with China’s CRBC for wastewater projects, landfills
08 February 2021 - CRBC agreed to design and build dozens of wastewater treatment and network systems and rehabilitate or build six regional landfills in Serbia.
Public–private partnership misses deadline to shut Belgrade’s Vinča landfill
04 February 2021 - Suez and Itochu were supposed to close the waste landfill in Vinča on January 31 and start using the new site, CLS said and blamed Belgrade's authorities
Šoštanj municipality rejects waste incineration plan for thermal power plant
02 February 2021 - TEŠ's project to add SRF waste to the coal that it burns in the Šoštanj thermal power plant hit a wall at the municipal council
Sofia launches tendering for CHP plant as part of waste management system
14 January 2021 - The facility will burn refuse derived fuel to produce heat for the district heating system and electricity which will be delivered to the grid.
Kostas Skrekas becomes minister of the environment and energy of Greece
08 January 2021 - New Minister of the Environment and Energy of Greece Kostas Skrekas took over the post from Kostis Hatzidakis. Major reforms are already underway.
Belgrade to introduce reverse vending machines for PET packaging
05 January 2021 - Reverse vending machines for recycling will enable citizens to top up public transportation smart cards for the value of the waste they recycle.
Floating waste covers rivers in Serbia, BiH, Montenegro
04 January 2021 - Floating waste is devastating the Drina and its tributaries in Serbia, BiH and Montenegro and piling up at hydropower dams
Coca-Cola tops list of 10 corporate plastic polluters of 2020
14 December 2020 - Top polluters are Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Unilever, Mondelez International, Mars, Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, Colgate-Palmolive, and Perfetti Van Melle.
Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Serbia challenged over transboundary impact
01 December 2020 - CZŽS from BiH asked the state to determine the transboundary environmental impact of the lithium exploitation and processing project in Serbia
Excessive air pollution in Valjevo triggers Air Quality Alert
30 November 2020 - The air quality in Valjevo has been in the highest category, designated as "very polluted," ever since measuring began in 2012. According to official data, the city had the highest annual level of suspended particles PM10 and PM2.5 in Serbia last year.
European Parliament tells EU to back right to reuse, repair products
26 November 2020 - The European Commission needs to promote repair, resale and reuse of products and ban built-in product obsolence, lawmakers said in a resolution.
Products from fruit waste are replacing leather on global scale
14 November 2020 - Beyond Leather Materials from Denmark produces a leather substitute from apple pulp, but it is considering to include different fruits