waste
Report reveals world’s biggest single use plastics producers, investors
19 May 2021 - The Plastic Waste Makers Index identified ExxonMobil, Barclays, Vanguard and Saudi Arabia as the biggest producers and investors in single use plastics
Cooperative in Croatia supplies biomass power plant with olive tree waste
17 May 2021 - Thanks to the deal with GEEN's biomass CHP plant, agricultural cooperative Maslina i vino doesn't have to destroy the waste from its olive trees and vines
Apply for EEA’s renewables, energy efficiency grants for Romania, Bulgaria
11 May 2021 - The EEA Financial Mechanism secured grants of EUR 4.6 million in Romania for renewables and EUR 10.7 million in Bulgaria for energy efficiency in buildings
Serbia revamps plan to install waste incinerator in Niš
29 April 2021 - Serbia is in talks with partners from China and Europe on a waste incinerator in Niš worth EUR 100 million, refreshing a plan from one decade ago
Over 2,000 people roll up their sleeves in largest clean-up drive in Serbia
26 April 2021 - The Roll Up Your Sleeves campaign has gathered hundreds of children, in clean-up activities at 52 locations across Serbia.
Calculate your food waste and halve the amount to save money and protect nature
02 April 2021 - A calculator enables families in Finland to calculate their food waste, financial loss and climate impact so that they could plan better and cut the damage
CMS North Macedonia: Waste Management in North Macedonia – Current status and development possibilities
16 March 2021 - The main purposes of waste management policies are to reduce the negative impact on the environment, increase awareness and balance regional development.
Belgrade earmarks EUR 5.2 billion for green development by 2030
02 March 2021 - The draft Green City Action Plan and Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan of Belgrade include investments of EUR 5.2 billion until 2030
CMS Bulgaria: Government launches tender for waste incinerator in Sofia
24 February 2021 - Bulgaria launched a tender for approximately EUR 149.4 million without VAT for the construction of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Sofia
Waste management development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 February 2021 - An overview of waste management development in BiH, recent reforms and investment opportunities that arise from the country's complexity.
TEŠ terminates waste coincineration project in Šoštanj thermal power plant
11 February 2021 - Under fire for soliciting neighboring municipalities' opinion, TEŠ announced it would discontinue work on waste coincineration project for Šoštanj TPP.
Serbia inks EUR 3.2 billion deal with China’s CRBC for wastewater projects, landfills
08 February 2021 - CRBC agreed to design and build dozens of wastewater treatment and network systems and rehabilitate or build six regional landfills in Serbia.
Public–private partnership misses deadline to shut Belgrade’s Vinča landfill
04 February 2021 - Suez and Itochu were supposed to close the waste landfill in Vinča on January 31 and start using the new site, CLS said and blamed Belgrade's authorities
Šoštanj municipality rejects waste incineration plan for thermal power plant
02 February 2021 - TEŠ's project to add SRF waste to the coal that it burns in the Šoštanj thermal power plant hit a wall at the municipal council
Belgrade to introduce reverse vending machines for PET packaging
05 January 2021 - Reverse vending machines for recycling will enable citizens to top up public transportation smart cards for the value of the waste they recycle.
Floating waste covers rivers in Serbia, BiH, Montenegro
04 January 2021 - Floating waste is devastating the Drina and its tributaries in Serbia, BiH and Montenegro and piling up at hydropower dams