North Macedonia secures funding for first major investment in waste management
The project will cover more than one million inhabitants in five regions: South-East, South-West, Pelagonia, Polog, and Vardar
Serbia adopts circular economy program as Montenegro unveils draft strategy
Serbia adopts a circular economy development program until 2024, and Montenegro unveils its national strategy until 2030
Waste-to-energy in Serbia – a cause for concern or an opportunity to reap environmental-climate-energy benefits
In this latest article in the series "Serbia, from garbage dumps to circular economy", we discuss the waste-to-energy concept with Professor Vladimir Pavićević, Igor Jezdimirović, and Helga Stoiber
EU wastes more food than it imports
At a time when 33 million citizens of the European Union cannot afford enough meals, each year, as many as 153.5 million tons of food are dumped. The new report on food waste reveals that more food is thrown away than is imported, causing at least 6% of greenhouse gas emissions, The EU wastes more […]
Croatia’s example of good practice in biowaste management: creating value, protecting the environment
Suppose Croatia were to utilize its biowaste potential, of 400,000 tons entirely. In that case, it could produce 7.3% of the country’s total 2021 power output from renewables
2021 municipal waste report: Croatia continues progress but targets still unreachable
The country continued to make progress in almost all important sectors of waste management, but it was not enough to achieve the set goals
Waste management sector can help Europe lower gas consumption
The sector conducts recycling and recovery operations and produces heat and energy through incineration and anaerobic digestion
Island of Tilos – zero waste gem in Aegean Sea
The island of Tilos in the Aegean Sea is implementing a waste management program that will enable the local community to dispose of almost all waste through a sorting and recycling system. It is the first island in the world that abolish landfilling, and over 80% of waste goes to recycling. Also, Tilos completely switched […]