Island of Tilos – zero waste gem in Aegean Sea
The island of Tilos in the Aegean Sea is implementing a waste management program that will enable the local community to dispose of almost all waste through a sorting and recycling system. It is the first island in the world that abolish landfilling, and over 80% of waste goes to recycling. Also, Tilos completely switched […]
Hazardous industrial waste – export is expensive, but landfilling costs even more
In this latest article in the series “Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy,” we discuss the flow of industrial waste, primarily hazardous waste,
Serbia to build regional waste management centers in Pirot, Sremska Mitrovica
The project of building regional and recycling centers will solve problems in 50 cities and municipalities, the government said
Slovenia to install three waste incinerators
The Government of Slovenia has adopted a decree on granting concessions for waste incineration as an obligatory public service
Two Slovenian municipalities are first European zero waste certified cities
Certification means that the towns are already performing much better than required by European targets
Municipal waste – Serbia’s untapped resource
We continue the series called Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy, with an article on municipal waste management. We spoke to Gojkan Stojinović, Jovanka Dakić and Milica Lukić.
Garbage dumps in Serbia are quietly poisoning its citizens
Waste comes back like a boomerang through our water, land and air, enters the food chain and slowly poisons us
Dutch investors could reclaim Nikšić landfill, build methane power plant
The landfill would be covered with a special impermeable material, which would cut emissions from the waste and its environmental impact to zero.