Solagro Smart Recycler targets consumers who lost faith in recycling system
A lack of a reliable and simple recycling system and unmotivated users result in a low percentage of recycled packaging waste. Serbia’s Solagro, a participant in this year’s clim@ competition for startups organized by the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), has developed a smart beverage waste recycling device that can solve the problem. The Solagro […]
EBRD providing up to EUR 5.1 million to UniCredit in Serbia to on-lend for energy efficiency, renewables projects
The EBRD is providing a loan of up to RSD 600 million (equivalent to EUR 5.1 million) to UniCredit, the second-largest bank in Serbia, to enhance its financing of the green economy, according to a news release from the EBRD. The loan comes under the EBRD’s EUR 85 million Green Economy Financing Facility for the […]
Works start to build 2nd biomass boiler in Priboj
The municipality of Priboj has started building a boiler to use wood chips as fuel, in what will improve heating supply for five public facilities and cut their heating costs. The new 1.8 MW biomass boiler will supply heating to two elementary schools and two high schools, as well as primary health care facility, with […]
SKGO invites mayors to lead by example on Car-Free Day as Europe gears up for Mobility Week
The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO) will organize a Car-Free Day in Towns and Municipalities in Serbia as part of European Mobility Week, taking place from September 16 to 22, and is inviting mayors to lead by example by cycling, walking, or using public transportation to go to work on September 21. “The […]
Climate Diplomacy Week in Belgrade: Apply to showcase your climate action project
Climate Diplomacy Week, a time when EU Delegations around the world reach out to communities and partner organizations, highlighting positive global action and collaboration on climate change, is taking place for the second time in 2018 from September 24 to 30. Balkan Green Energy News is offering to share its designated space at the Climate […]
Belgrade calls bids for metro environmental impact study
The City of Belgrade has invited bids for producing an environmental impact study for the Serbian capital’s two planned metro lines, with the aim of identifying the long-delayed project’s potential adverse effects, according to local media. The purpose of the metro environmental impact study is to assess the “general, direct, and indirect impact of the […]
250 abandoned mining waste sites visited, 41 selected for further investigation under Cadastre of Mining Waste project
A total of 250 abandoned mining waste sites were monitored as part of the project Cadastre of Mining Waste of the Republic of Serbia, carried out by the Ministry of Mining and Energy in cooperation with the EU Delegation in Serbia and implemented by German companies Plejades GmbH Independent Experts and DMT in cooperation with […]
Thousands rally against small hydropower plants on Mt. Stara Planina
An “ecological autonomy” of Mt. Stara Planina will be declared if the authorities fail to put a moratorium on all small hydropower plants (SHPPs) there in the next few days, according to the organizer of a protest that gathered thousands of people in Pirot on September 2, including environmental activists, mountaineers, associations’ representatives, university professors, […]