EU’s used clothing, footwear exports ending up in landfills in Africa, Asia
The European Environment Agency has warned of the issues caused by exporting discarded textiles including used clothing and footwear
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
Serbia looking for contractor to build sanitary landfill Kalenić
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a tender for the construction of regional sanitary landfill Kalenić
EU to phase in CO2 border tax by end-2033, when it fully eliminates free carbon permits
The EU is set to fully phase out free carbon allowances for the industry four years after it implements the carbon border tax, CBAM, in its entirety
Finnish startup retrofitting old Tesla batteries for other energy storage uses
Cactos from Finland gives alternative purposes to second-life electric vehicle batteries, with the help of its cloud-based software
Europe could be hit by similar protests against lithium as Serbia
Julia Poliscanova from Transport & Environment wrote recommendations on how to avoid challenges for the European car industry including potential protests like the ones in Serbia
European Commission proposes stricter rules on air, water pollutants
The EU is amending the regulations for ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants and urban wastewater treatment