Filip Radović: Serbia investing systemically in reducing air pollution
Last Saturday, AirVisual ranked Belgrade 10th in the world by air pollution, while the following day the Serbian capital was the fifth most polluted city. Filip Radović, director of the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency, has told RTS that air pollution was indeed increased, but he noted that AirVisual is also in the business of selling […]
Unplanned experiment reveals traffic’s real share in air pollution in Serbia
Author: Bojan Simišić, CEO @ Whale Shark Studio and EKO straža activist It’s not exactly news that Serbia has succumbed to a large extent to pollution. Pollution was perhaps the main topic this winter. One of the things that helped spreading awarness is the report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution for 2019, […]
Waste management in Serbia – problems, challenges, and possible solutions
Serbia has handed the second draft negotiating position for chapter 27 to the European Commission, and the authorities expect the opening of the chapter, which deals with the environment, to be possible by the end of 2019. From the moment of accession (the assumption is this would happen in 2025), Serbia is proposing an 11-year […]
Air quality in Serbia unsatisfactory, implementation of measures goes hand in hand with economic recovery
Author: Filip Radović, Director, the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) In winter months, we are witness to increased air pollution in the region, while apps help monitor pollution levels. However, not all apps are equally reliable, Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Director Filip Radović writes in an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News. He says […]
Introduction of deposit system could be discussed in 2019 – SEPA director
Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Director Filip Radović has announced that the introduction of a deposit system in Serbia to regulate the return and disposal of packaging waste could be discussed in 2019. “Work on a study is under way to determine which waste management model, i.e. which deposit scheme that would entail the return […]
Serbian Environmental Protection Agency receives automatic air quality measuring station from CRH Serbia
The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has received an automatic air quality monitoring station from cement producer CRH Serbia in order to constantly monitor this key environmental indicator air quality in Popovac in the municipality of Paraćin. SEPA and CRH Serbia have recently signed an agreement on establishing cooperation concerning air protection sector. The station enables […]
Possible introduction of a deposit-refund system in Serbia
Director of the Environmental Protection Agency Filip Radović has announced the introduction of a deposit-refund system in Serbia, which is to help regulate PET, aluminium and glass packaging disposal. “Since the Ministry of Environmental Protection has been finally established, we can now take some major steps and start reconstructing the waste management system by creating a […]
Radovic: Waste to be used more as alternative energy source
Filip Radovic, Director of the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), spoke to Balkan Green Energy News about the trends in waste management in Serbia and getting in line with European Union standards. He said the EU Waste Framework Directive should be fully included in Serbian legislature in 2018 and added that regulations on cross-border waste […]