Bucharest three landfills left without environmental permits
All three garbage dumps in Bucharest are left without an environmental permits, according to Save the Romania (USR). The Vidra and Glina landfills have already been out of the law for a long time, and the Iridex warehouse’s permit expired in early November. USR has asked the Bucharest City Hall to adopt a coherent waste […]
EU gives Cyprus more time to close down landfills
Once again Cyprus is given additional time to close down the illegal landfills in Vati and Kotsiatis. Cyprus was faced with fines over the delay to shut down the landfills, ordered by the EU back in 2013. An infringement process was initiated in May this year and the island was looking at fines worth around […]
Vinča PPP signed to solve biggest environmental problem in Serbia, region
Following an international tender, an agreement on a public private partnership (PPP) was signed by the Belgrade city authorities and a consortium of the French Suez groupe and Japanese Itochu I-Environment to implement a 25-year project to develop a system to treat municipal waste of Belgrade. The agreement calls for closing and remediation of one […]
Minister Trivan announces running a tight ship on environmental fee payments and PPP agreement for Vinča
Minister of Environment of Serbia Goran Trivan announces consistent environmental fee collection not paid regularly by many domestic and foreign companies, as well as the beginning of the public-private partnership between the City of Belgrade and the French-Japanese consortium to rehabilitate the Vinča landfill next year. In an interview with the Beta agency, Trivan stated […]
Radovic: Waste to be used more as alternative energy source
Filip Radovic, Director of the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), spoke to Balkan Green Energy News about the trends in waste management in Serbia and getting in line with European Union standards. He said the EU Waste Framework Directive should be fully included in Serbian legislature in 2018 and added that regulations on cross-border waste […]
Belgrade citizens concerned about possible air pollution caused by fire at Vinča landfill
The fire at the landfill in Vinča, near Belgrade, which has been burning for a month now, has caused concern among citizens about air pollution in the city although local authorities claim that there is no cause for alarm. This has prompted the Ombudsman of Serbia to react and ask authorities to provide detailed information […]
Invitation to fund clearing up of landfills in local communities in Croatia
The Croatian ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy issued a public invitation for the clearing up of landfills for non-hazardous waste in local communities. The invitation was published as part of the program Competitiveness and Cohesion and it provides a total of HRK 80 million (EUR 10,8 million) in funding for local authorities across the […]
Call for final bids for Belgrade’s largest landfill Vinča
The City of Belgrade published a call for submission of final bids for public-private partnership (PPP) for the rehabilitation of the largest Belgrade’s landfill in Vinča. Public call for final bids for participation in PPP for the provision of treatment services and waste disposal in Belgrade was published on May 26, and the bids will […]
