Cycling tour organized under auspices of GIZ ORF-EE in light of the European Mobility Week
As part of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), the cycling club TREK Team Sarajevo organized a cycling tour in the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on September 22. The event was held in light of the European Mobility Week and was supported by the Sarajevo City […]
Buy, drink, return to the shop – deposit systems for single use beverage containers
Author: Anna Larsson, Director, Circular Economy Project Development, Reloop Deposit refund systems are a proven waste collection method that guarantees high material recycling rates, which is why they are recommended in strategic documents of many international organizations. A deposit refund system is mentioned in the Marine Litter Action Plan, adopted by Helcom in 2015 and […]
clim@ winner Inspidere has solution for converting cow manure waste into bio-textiles, plastic, paper
After presenting all the other finalists of the clim@ competition for startups organized by the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), Balkan Green Energy News brings you the competition winner –the Netherlands-based Inspidere, whose Mestic, a method of converting cow manure waste into bio-textiles, plastic, and paper stole the show at the grand finale. The solution […]
Belgrade unveils cleaner transport plans as European Mobility Week is marked across Serbia
Cities and municipalities across Serbia marked a Car-Free Day, some on September 21 and some on September 22, and numerous other activities were organized as part of European Mobility Week from September 16 to 22. Belgrade has developed 20,000 square meters of pedestrian zones over the past years, Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić said at an […]
Vote for Balkan Green Energy News and help SEE’s sole candidate win Best Climate Solutions 2018 Award!
Balkan Green Energy News is one of 42 projects globally – and the only one from South-East Europe (SEE) – to have been shortlisted to compete for the Best Climate Solutions 2018 Award. We are enormously proud to even be in the running, but now that we are, we would love to win – and […]
Communicating and advocating sustainable development in the Balkans
Balkan Green Energy News and its founder and editor Branislava Jovičić have recently had several landmark achievements, not least of which is the fact that the portal is the only SEE project in the running for the Best Climate Solutions 2018 Award. This called for an interview, in which Branislava invites readers or simply people […]
Jure Leben, new environment minister who advocates all-out plastic bag ban
Slovenia’s new minister of the environment and spatial planning Jure Leben is environmental protection expert educated in the U.S. and the UK, who, among other things, advocates a total ban on plastic bags. According to the Slovenian media, the new minister will face many outstanding issues in the sector, including waste packaging, the rehabilitation of polluted areas, […]
PVP4Grid presents study on prosumer concepts in EU, online tool for assessing PV projects to be created
The individual self-consumption is allowed and feasible in almost 100% of the countries analyzed, while collective self-consumption, regardless of scale (individual building – residential, commercial and – at larger scale – in districts / building groups), is currently not feasible in most countries, a study on the individual and collective use of locally generated solar power […]