Croatia has allocated more money for recycling yards construction

Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy announced additional EUR 9.25 million for the construction of recycling yards. Total sum has amounted to EUR 29 million. The public call will last until the funds are used. Due to great interest after the first public call made earlier this year, the Ministry decided to provide additional […]

News December 11, 2017

Belgrade to introduce new waste treatment tax for Vinča PPP project

The City of Belgrade payments to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established by a consortium of Suez and Itochu will be substantially funded by new, waste treatment tax while the prices of power and heat to be produced at a future waste-to-energy facility are guaranteed under long-term agreements with public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) […]

Waste December 6, 2017

Tender for construction of waste-treatment plant near City of Šibenik

The city-owned company Bikarac published a tender for the design and construction of the waste-treatment plant and related facilities located near City of Šibenik in Croatia. The Bikarac Regional Waste Management Center project is worth HRK 130 million (EUR 17.2 million). Money had been secured from European Union’s Cohesion Fund funds and the Croatian Environmental […]

Waste December 5, 2017

Serbia has launched two new projects for efficient waste management

Serbia could recycle a third of its annual 2.4 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) production if the country had a developed efficient waste management system (WMS). With two projects that have just been launched – Support to Waste Management Policy and Source Separation Project – it seems that Serbia is on the way to […]

Waste December 1, 2017

Waste separation is becoming mandatory in Croatia

In Croatia, separate collection of waste will be mandatory in the future. The Decree on the management of municipal waste came into force on 1 November. Local governments now have a three-month period to decide on how to implement it. Fines for non-compliance are foreseen for everyone: citizens, municipalities, cities, and the state itself. The […]

Waste November 3, 2017

Croatia should start using EUR 475 million for waste management

Croatia should start using the money at its disposal for waste management efforts as soon as possible, Croatian member of the European Parliament Davor Škrlec said at the 5th edition of Croatia Waste Expo 2017 that took place in Zagreb earlier this October. Right now, Croatia has EUR 475 million available from the Competitiveness and […]

Waste October 24, 2017

EU gives Cyprus more time to close down landfills

Once again Cyprus is given additional time to close down the illegal landfills in Vati and Kotsiatis. Cyprus was faced with fines over the delay to shut down the landfills, ordered by the EU back in 2013. An infringement process was initiated in May this year and the island was looking at fines worth around […]

Waste October 20, 2017

Agreement on improving waste collection system in Rasinski district

An agreement to launch a project to develop the system of separate waste collection for recycling in four municipalities of the Rasinski okrug in Serbia was signed in Kruševac town hall by representatives of the German Development Agency GIZ and representatives of the towns of Kruševac, Aleksandrovac, Brus and Varvarin. The project is intended to […]

Waste September 6, 2017