Green resilience: How Kyiv is shaping a sustainable future amid crisis
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles
Bulgaria’s plastic waste recycling rate much lower than in official statistics, report reveals
Over half of Bulgarian municipalities reported recycling rates for municipal waste of under 10% for 2019 – some were virtually at zero
Serbia amends municipal packaging waste reduction targets
The Regulation on Determining Packaging Waste Reduction Plan didn't bring desired results, prompting recent changes
Romania introduces deposit refund system
The Romanian DRS is set to become the second-largest in Europe, and the world's largest centralized national DRS by volume of containers
Packaging waste – how citizens pay for businesses’ irresponsibility
In this latest article in the series “Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy,” Balkan Green Energy News discuss the packaging waste management system with Violeta Belanović Kokir, Kristina Cvejanov, and Dragana Katić
Single-use plastic products banned in Slovakia
Packaging and non-packaging made of OXO-biodegradable plastic arriving after 3.7.2021. may no longer be placed or distributed on the Slovak market.
Experts, NGOs demand fresh public consultation on Serbia’s 2021-2024 waste management plan
The interested public only learned of the public consultation two days ahead of an online conference organized by the ministry on October 1.
Innovative Manyfolds’ technology reduces packaging environmental footprint
One of the finalists at this year’s clim@ competition offers an insight into its packaging design and production business. Manyfolds has an automatic system making boxes for chosen goods, with specialized folding techniques that reduce the sector’s environmental footprint. It eliminates the filling material and shrinks the excessive volume. It’s ultracompact. The founders of Manyfolds […]