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Improving Circular Economy Practices in the Construction Sector Key to Increasing Material Reuse
The EEA briefing ‘Construction and demolition waste: challenges and opportunities in a circular economy,’ says more must be done in preventing or recycling the large amount of waste produced by the construction and demolition sector in Europe. Such waste, such…
More Than Twenty Thousand Tonnes of Tyres Were Recycled in the First Half of 2019
In a dozen tyre treatment plants in our country, tyres are collected through a collection network organised by recyclers. This network includes its collecti-on system, as well as individuals and legal entity collectors with whom it cooperates. Tyres also get …
Toward New Technologies and Investments
During the bygone summer, the team of Energy Portal visited the city of Pirot, the administrative centre of the district after which it got the name. Pirot district, which also includes municipalities of Babusnica, Bela Palanka and Dimitrovgrad, is mainly…
Number 17 – December 2019
Although number 17 is on the cover, this is a small anniversary of our Magazine, given that it is the 10th issue since we redesigned our bulletin into Magazine and started printing it. With each new issue, we have grown…
Don’t Pursue Economic Growth at Expense of Environment – Report
Pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment is no longer an option as Europe faces “unprecedented” challenges from climate chaos, pollution, biodiversity loss and the overconsumption of natural resources, according to a report from Europe’s environmental watchdog. Europe…
EU Member States Add More Climate Policies
The EEA briefing ‘More national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?’ analyses EU Member States actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve climate and energy targets. The briefing is underpinned by a more detailed analysis…
Afforestation as a Mission
Harmonization of environmental and climate change regulations is a long-term process. It is known that these regulations are continually changing and improving at EU level, as well as a lack of administrative capacity in this area. All this additionally complicates…