Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet with climate literacy, global cleanup
A series of both virtual events and gatherings are being held as part of the first-ever Earth Week, culminating on Earth Day, April 22
Glasses frame made of waste coffee grounds – a modern and sustainable solution
Young innovators and coffee friends from North Macedonia came up with a sustainable solution for coffee grounds - they make eyeglass frames
Global Recycling Day: from waste sorting to reducing CO2 emissions
Global Recycling Day is marked on March 18 to highlight the importance of reusing items and materials and resource efficiency. The recycling industry’s annual contribution to lowering carbon dioxide emissions is forecasted to reach one billion tons in 2030. The United Nations acknowledged Global Recycling Day, Global Recycling Foundation recalled. It pointed out that adopting […]
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