Jure Leben, new environment minister who advocates all-out plastic bag ban
Slovenia’s new minister of the environment and spatial planning Jure Leben is environmental protection expert educated in the U.S. and the UK, who, among other things, advocates a total ban on plastic bags. According to the Slovenian media, the new minister will face many outstanding issues in the sector, including waste packaging, the rehabilitation of polluted areas, […]
Serbia sees waste from commercial activities rise 3.3% in 2017
Waste generated from commercial activities in Serbia in 2017 increased 3.3% compared to the previous year, to 48.9 million metric tons, the Statistics Office has said in a news release. Of the total, 64.7% was non-hazardous waste and 35.3% hazardous waste. By activity, declines in waste generation were reported by agriculture, 6.3%, mining, 0.8%, water […]
Industrial ecology – systemic problems require a systemic approach
Dejana Milinković, director of the Association of the Cement Industry of Serbia (CIS), discusses for our portal the challenges Serbia is facing on its road to introducing alternative fuels in cement manufacturing. According to her, developed countries have used waste in cement manufacturing for decades, and numerous studies conducted by international and domestic experts have […]
Tender for regional waste landfills in Macedonia soon
Officials from the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of Macedonia announced the start of a project to set up regional waste landfills across the country in line with European standards which would be financed from European Union funds. Deputy Minister Jani Makraduli said he expects a tender to be announced soon for the […]
Republika Srpska adopts new law on waste management
The Republika Srpska parliament adopted a law on amendments to the law on waste management. The law was adopted under emergency proceedings. The goal of the law is to set norms for coefficients and goals in calculating fees for the polluters who dump packaging waste. The fees will be collected from whoever dumps the waste […]
Municipal waste management in Croatia – race against time
Even though the implementation of the Decree on the management of municipal waste was to begin in Croatia on February 1, it has not yet been fully implemented. Some cities have been classifying waste for several years now, while others are not ready yet – Zagreb, for example. The Decree came into force on November […]
International Energy and Investment Days in Novi Sad on March 1-2
Seventh International Energy and Investment Days will be held in Novi Sad on March 2-3, with the focus on topical issues in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, construction and environmental protection. This biggest Forum for international and local projects is the only Forum in Vojvodina of the kind is organized by Central […]
Illegal toxic waste dump found in Novi Sad
More than 1,000 tons of toxic waste has been found on the grounds of the HINS factory in Novi Sad, the Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection said adding that the waste was illegally stored at the site. The lease holder of the factory, which is in receivership, was issued a permit in 2012 to store […]