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
Scientific expedition exploring presence of microplastics in Antarctica
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sent its first expedition to study the presence of microplastics in Antarctica
EU moves to curb microplastics intentionally added to products
The ban is expected to prevent the release of about half a million tons of microplastics to the environment
International Plastic Bag Free Day: The planet is choking on plastic
July is a plastic-free month, and July 3 has been observed as the International Plastic Bag Free Day since 2010, to encourage people to stop using disposable plastic products
Slovenia exports waste to Balkans, Asia
The largest quantities of scrap metals were sent to Turkey, plastics were sold mostly to Asian countries while RDF ended predominantly in BiH
Waste is a resource: EU to impose stricter rules, ban plastic waste export
The EU is looking to ban the export of all waste intended for disposal, as well as plastic waste shipments to non-OECD countries
Professor Fath: Scientists should be activists
Chemistry Professor Andreas Fath from the HFU university in Furtwangen has swum along the Danube from its source in Germany to the Black Sea
Plastic Bag Free Day, Plastic Free July – not all responsibility is on consumers
Recent studies revealed that microplastic pollution is taking on new forms and shapes that threaten human health