recycling
Belgium-based ABEE to invest EUR 1.1 billion in battery production in Bulgaria
15 December 2023 - ABEE launched a EUR 1.1 billion project for a battery plant, recycling facility and an R&D center in Bulgaria
Construction waste ends up in illegal landfills even though 70% can be recycled
27 October 2023 - Croatia generates 1.7 million tons of construction waste per year but it is often difficult for its recyclers to obtain it as a raw material
Rio Tinto–backed firm InoBat selects location for battery gigafactory in Serbia
26 September 2023 - One of the investors in InoBat is Rio Tinto, which has been developing a lithium mining and processing project in the country
China, EU hope to make renewables tech recyclable in next decade
22 August 2023 - Wind turbines are 85%-95% recyclable, but blades are challenging because they are made of composite materials
Tilos in Aegean Sea is world’s first zero waste island
18 July 2023 - Tilos in Greece has become the world’s first island with a zero waste certificate. As...
EU auditors: Billions spent in vain on circular economy transition
04 July 2023 - The EU's action plans and financial support have had little impact on member states' circular economy transition
International Plastic Bag Free Day: The planet is choking on plastic
02 July 2023 - 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
Belgian company to build EUR 1.4 billion car battery factory in east Romania
27 June 2023 - Belgian firm ABEE agreed to invest EUR 1.4 billion in the construction of an electric car battery factory called Romvolt in Galaţi
Southeastern Europe dominates EUSEW Awards again in 2023
20 June 2023 - KLIK from Križevci in Croatia and innovator Anastasia-Maria Moschovi from Greece are among this year's winners of EUSEW Awards
Solar podcast: installing solar panels in Serbia can cut electricity bills by nearly 50%
12 June 2023 - The third episode of solar podcast ‘Everything you wanted to know about solar panels, but didn’t have anyone to ask’.
Ørsted issues blue bonds, vows to recycle solar panels, wind turbines
09 June 2023 - Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said it would invest EUR 64 billion to achieve 50 GW in installed capacity by 2030
Global Recycling Day: from waste sorting to reducing CO2 emissions
18 March 2023 - Global Recycling Day is marked on March 18 to highlight the importance of reusing items...
New law in Greece to allow installing used wind turbines in isolated islands
03 March 2023 - An extensive new energy law submitted to parliament includes a rule on reusing old wind turbines in non-interconnected islands
EU’s used clothing, footwear exports ending up in landfills in Africa, Asia
28 February 2023 - The European Environment Agency has warned of the issues caused by exporting discarded textiles including used clothing and footwear
Serbia adopts circular economy program as Montenegro unveils draft strategy
08 December 2022 - Serbia adopts a circular economy development program until 2024, and Montenegro unveils its national strategy until 2030
Professor Fath: Scientists should be activists
25 October 2022 - Chemistry Professor Andreas Fath from the HFU university in Furtwangen has swum along the Danube from its source in Germany to the Black Sea