Serbia expecting call from Brussels to open Chapter 27
Serbia is expecting confirmation from Brussels to open negotiating Chapter 27 on environment, and the first draft of the negotiation platform will be ready in mid-2017, said Stana Božović, state secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection. “In discussions with senior representatives of the European Commission, the Directorate-General for the Environment and the […]
Intersectoral cooperation in the Drina river basin discussed in Belgrade
The international and domestic experts and stakeholders from the three neighbouring countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia – gathered in Belgrade for the second workshop “Assessing the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus and benefits of transboundary cooperation in the Drina river basin”. The workshop organised jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and […]
EU glass recycling at record levels – FEVE
The recycling of glass has reached new, record levels across the European Union in 2014, according to data published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE). The average rate of glass recycling in all 28 member countries of the European Union (EU) has reached a threshold of 74% for the first time. With 11.6 million […]
Montenegro can have 17,500 new jobs in green economy by 2020
According to UNEP/UNDP report, Montenegro could open 17,500 new jobs in the next few years by investing in green economy, primarily in the tourism and related sectors. Total of 95 percent of new green jobs can be opened as a result of energy efficiency measures in construction and transportation. Green economy concept is already integrated […]
First Serbo-Albanian industrial waste management company to be launched
Ezo grupa, Belgrade company specialized in ecology and environmental protection, and Aleksandar Biberaj, its partner from Albania, signed the Memorandum for Serbo-Albanian joint-venture company for industrial and hazardous waste management and oil sludge recycling in Albania, Serbian media reported. According to document signed in south-east Serbia town of Niš, Serbian company will transfer technology and […]
How to Transform Our World in 15 Years!
By Antonis Mavropoulos, ISWA President and Gunilla Carlsson, chair of ISWA Working Group on Communication and Social Issues, originally published on ISWA website Roughly 6 months ago, during discussions in several conferences and ISWA’s meetings, we came to a simple but important conclusion. The best way to advance the new UN Sustainable Development Agenda that […]
A new chapter in hazardous waste management in Serbia
On the way to the European Union and in the introduction of its standards, Serbia must improve recycling and advance the use of waste as an industrial resource, according to participants at a panel titled ‘A New Chapter in Hazardous Waste Management in Serbia’, which was organized in Novi Sad by company Miteco Kneževac d.o.o. […]
Cyprus to regulate waste management by end of 2016
Cyprus needs to improve its waste management regulations in order to fulfill EU standards. Plans for improving local regulations are underway and should be adopted by the end of the year. In an interview with Cyprus News Agency (CAN) earlier this month, Cyprus Environmental Commissioner Ioanna Panagiotou said that Cyprus lacks an integrated strategy for […]