City of Zagreb presents new waste management system
Environmentalists from Zelena akcija welcomed the effort to close Jakuševec, but they urged against producing fuel from waste, to be burned
First facility for production of hydrogen in Croatia to be installed in Križevci
The hydrogen project is being implemented by Dok-Ing from Zagreb and the Križevci waste management utility Križevačko Komunalno Poduzeće
Tilos in Aegean Sea is world’s first zero waste island
Tilos in Greece has become the world’s first island with a zero waste certificate. As part of the Just Go Zero Tilos project, the island has successfully eliminated landfilling, residents participate in a door-to-door collection system, and a state-of-the-art recycling center was opened. All households and businesses on Tilos participate in waste sorting and source […]
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske plans to burn waste in its Gacko coal plant
The power utility is planning a pilot project for burning up to 1,200 tons of waste per day together with coal in the Gacko facility
EU to phase in CO2 border tax by end-2033, when it fully eliminates free carbon permits
The EU is set to fully phase out free carbon allowances for the industry four years after it implements the carbon border tax, CBAM, in its entirety
Ten commandments for sustainable waste management in Serbia
Over the past year, prominent domestic and international experts have scanned in detail the state of the sector and offered recommendations
Waste-to-energy in Serbia – a cause for concern or an opportunity to reap environmental-climate-energy benefits
In this latest article in the series "Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy", we discuss the waste-to-energy concept with Professor Vladimir Pavićević, Igor Jezdimirović, and Helga Stoiber
2021 municipal waste report: Croatia continues progress but targets still unreachable
The country continued to make progress in almost all important sectors of waste management, but it was not enough to achieve the set goals