Waste Management

New developments are unfolding in Greece’s waste management landscape, as landfills are on track to become relics of the past. Waste is now being diverted exclusively toward recycling or biomass production, which can then be converted into energy.

The TITAN and TERNA Energy Group consortium participates in the tenders for PPPs for Waste Management Units (WMUs) in Attica and Central Macedonia.

According to an order by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Slaveya Stoyanova has been appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Water. She has taken the position of Krassimir Zhivkov, who was released due to the affair with the imported waste from Italy.

Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania have the chance to become centers of excellence and nuclear decommissioning experience if they manage to decommission their closed nuclear units in a timely manner and complying with the envisaged costs, a European Bank for Reconstruction Development (EBRD) official has said.

The Central and Eastern Europe Nuclear Decommissoning and Waste Management Conference 2016 is due at the beginning of December in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, organizers say.

The leading nuclear decommissioning event will be held on December 08-09 in Novotel Sofia, bringing together a number of guests from across the CEE region and speakers from international institutions.

BELGRADE - Over 1,000 tons of hazardous waste will be disposed in Serbia by the end of the year, Head of Waste Management Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Radmila Serovic announced on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - It is estimated that Serbia has 10 times more illegal operators than legal acting recyclers, officials of the German Scholz Holding, which is doing business in Serbia, have said.

Lawmakers failed to reach quorum on Friday, when they were to hold their last regular meeting before President Rosen Plevneliev dissolves Parliament on August 6.

Amendments to the Waste Management Act and the Protection of Competition Act were on the MPs' agenda after Plevneliev vetoed changes to the latter text.