Serbia will prohibit the use of plastic bags

Serbia will completely ban the use of thin plastic bags and introduce a mandatory payment for biodegradable bags, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced. As stated by Politika, the Ministry is going to implement all the measures of the European Directive on plastics, adopted in February this year, although Serbia is not the member […]

Fifth RENEXPO Water & Energy fair next week in Belgrade

RENEXPO WATER & ENERGY will take place on April 24 – 26 in Belgrade and this year it will gather over 2,000 experts from Serbia, region and Europe to exchange opinions, knowledge and information on the latest technological advancements, innovations and solutions for sustainable development in the field of energy and the environment. RENEXPO WATER […]

Austria interested in investing in mini HPPs in Serbia

Austria is interested in building mini hydropower plants (HPP) in Serbia and exploring its significant potential in hydropower, the Serbian government announced after a meeting between Aleksandar Antić, Serbian energy ministry and Nikolaus Lutterotti, Austria’s newly appointed ambassador. Lutterotti said that Austria is ready to further strengthen cooperation, especially in the construction of mini hydropower plant. […]

WISE project presented at international workshop in Rome

Branislava Jovičić, project manager at WISE, has presented the results so far under the Women in Sustainable Energy project at the international workshop titled Knowledge Building on Women in Clean Energy. The WISE project was presented as an example of best practices in the collection of data on women’s representation in the sustainable energy sector. […]

Elektroprivreda Srbije looks for Kostolac wind farm advisor

Public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) seeks a consultant for the construction of the 66 MW Kostolac wind farm. The state-owned company published a public call for the expressions of interest from consulting firms to assist in the preparation of the Kostolac wind farm project. This will be the first renewable energy capacity in EPS’ […]

SEPEN becomes member of European Organization for Packaging and the Environment

The Association for Packaging and Environmental Protection (SEPEN) has been admitted to the membership of the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN). EUROPEN brings together industries from the packaging supply chain in Europe and deals with packaging and environmental issues without favoring any specific packing material or packaging waste management system. “The decision […]

Waste April 12, 2018