Circulate – Mikser Festival’s jubilee 10th edition starts this Friday, May 24
Cultural organization Mikser is organizing the Mikser Festival’s jubilee 10th edition from May 24 to 26 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival is being held under the slogan “Circulate,” symbolizing the organization’s strategic partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Serbia in launching a Platform for Circular Economy in Serbia, which would open a new […]
Coca-Cola discloses it puts out 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging a year
Coca-Cola has revealed for the first time it produces 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging a year – equivalent to 200,000 bottles a minute, The Guardian has reported. The data from the soft drinks giant was provided to the campaigner Ellen MacArthur, who is pushing for major companies and governments to do more to tackle […]
Applications invited for Social Innovation Tournament 2019
The EIB Institute has invited the submission of proposals from social entrepreneurs working on education, health, environment, circular economy, employment, inclusion, and aging to take part in the Social Innovation Tournament (SIT) and win six cash prizes of up to EUR 50,000 and various other benefits. The deadline for the submission of proposals is March […]
Participants of Belgrade Ministerial Conference – Reducing pollution in Southeast and South Europe is a national, regional and global challenge
A two-day Ministerial Conference Innovative Solutions to Pollution in South East and Southern Europe has been organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection in Belgrade, gathering ministers and high environmental representatives of countries from the region to discuss measures to reduce pollution and adopt Joint Regional Vision on Innovative Solutions […]
World’s first bike path made from recycled plastic opens in Netherlands
The world’s first PlasticRoad bike path opened recently in Zwolle, the Netherlands. Made from recycled plastic, the PlasticRoad is a completely circular product, with a significantly smaller carbon footprint than traditional road structures thanks to the longer lifespan and the reduction of transport movements involved in its construction, according to developers – Dutch firms KWS […]
Green Economy Congress: Green and sustainable development in Serbia is possible
The second international Green Economy Congress titled Shaping Synergies into a Circular Society brought together leaders in the green economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, science, and environmental protection from Serbia and abroad. The first day of the congress was concluded in a panel by members of the WISE expert network who conveyed the message that green and sustainable […]
Croatia says taking steps as EU finds it at risk of missing 2020 municipal waste recycling target
The development of the circular economy is a priority for the Croatian government, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy is cooperating with local governments on the construction of separate waste collection infrastructure, which would be backed by EU grants, to ensure at least 50% is collected for reuse or recycling by 2020, unnamed […]
PKS launches Circular Economy Academy
The Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) has launched a Circular Economy Academy for representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of helping them improve the quality and efficiency of business processes at their firms and at the same time contribute to Serbia’s economic development and environmental protection, according to a press release […]