Call for final bids for Belgrade’s largest landfill Vinča

The City of Belgrade published a call for submission of final bids for public-private partnership  (PPP) for the rehabilitation of the largest Belgrade’s landfill in Vinča. Public call for final bids for participation in PPP for the provision of treatment services and waste disposal in Belgrade was published on May 26, and the bids will […]

Waste May 30, 2017

Residues reaching end of life cycle better development policy than burning high grade biomass fuel

Lukas Schirnhofer, CEO of Polytechnik, Austrian company and one of the world’s leading biomass to energy technology providers, reveals in an exclusive interview for the Balkan Green Energy News portal, one completely new perspective of biomass utilization and potentials. With the new models in sustainable energy and development in place, it becomes clear that biomass today […]

City of Pirot will soon meet all EU environmental standards

Vladan Vasić, Mayor of Pirot, told Balkan Green Energy News the local authority is preparing, in an extension of cooperation with KfW Development Bank, to complete the overhaul and rehabilitation of the district heating system. The endeavour centralizes this part of infrastructure, significantly reduces pollution and brings savings. Encouraged by good experiences, the city applied […]

Landfill gas in Rijeka – source for electricity production

Landfill gas-to-electricity facility has been completed in Viškovo, near Rijeka in Croatia. The cost of the investment in new plant was EUR 1.3 million, and it is located on the former “Viševac” landfill site. Landfill gas-to-energy facility started probes in September 2016, while the full-time operations have been launched in January 2017, according to the Croatian […]

Waste March 17, 2017

Rama accused of allowing import of 39,000 tons of toxic waste

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was accused by the opposition of allegedly allowing import of 39,000 tons of toxic chemical waste, regional media have been reporting during last couple of months . According to accusations, the waste came from Italy in 1,300 dumpsters weighing 30 tons each. Leader of Albania’s opposition Democratic Party Lulzim Basha accused […]

Waste March 15, 2017

RENEXPO Water and Energy fair will bring 2,500 experts to Belgrade

The biggest international Western Balkans RENEXPO Water and Energy fair will bring 2,500 experts in the field of water and energy to Belgrade, from April 25 to 27. Over 100 exhibitors from 20 countries will participate at the fair. Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Macedonia will be presented at exhibits and conferences. “RENEXPO […]

Education of BiH civil servants in waste management kicks off

The first workshop within the Capacity building programme for long-term sustainable waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in Sarajevo, with the presence of the Minister of Environmental Protection and Tourism of Federation BiH Edita Đapo. Representatives of utility companies and environmental institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina participated at the first educational workshop organized […]

Regional waste management project launched in northern Greece

Integrated waste management project worth EUR 48 million in the town of Kozani in northern Greece entered a trial phase. The project, being financed through a public-private partnership (PPP),  gathers 12 municipalities from the region. The maximum capacity of the unit in Kozani is approximately 120,000 tons per year. The plant has a sanitary site for […]

Waste February 23, 2017