Electronic waste

Businesses across Greece are scrambling for a way to recover after being stuck in a lockdown coma that saw economic and commercial activity grind to a halt for several weeks.

Turkey recycled some 2 million tons of waste, including plastics, glass and tires last year, according to data state-run Anadolu Agency compiled.

Data showed that 730 tons of waste batteries, some 178,00 tons of waste tires and 484, 000 tons of plastic were recycled in 2019.

The recycled materials also included some 234,000 tons of glass and 821,000 tons of packaging waste.

A large-scale operation against the illegal storage and treatment of waste is carried out by the Ministry of Interior and the Prosecutor's Office in the city Pleven and the region on January 2, BNT reported.

According to BNT sources, investigators have established illegal waste storage sites that do not have the required permits.

The Ministry of Environment and Water has not received an application for transportation of waste by rail from Italy to Bulgaria. This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Water, Neno Dimov, on December 18 at a hearing at the National Assembly held at the request of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), BNT reported.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos vowed on Friday to resolve the waste management problems plaguing the country's Peloponnese region by the end of 2021, taking a swipe at the previous government for failing to effectively deal with the issue.

What happens to a plastic bottle after you throw it into the waste bin? Experts say almost any plastic can be recycled if you do it right.

In connection with the information that has appeared in the media, we inform you that neither the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, nor the Ministry of Environment and Water are negotiating with Italy for the acceptance of waste generated in the city of Rome or other Italian cities.

Every year, 2.1 billion tons of solid waste is generated on the planet. This is enough to fill 822,000 Olympic-size pools. Of these, only 16% are recycled completely. This concludes a report by Verisk Maplecroft, quoted by bTV.

The United States leads the ranking as the most inefficient country in terms of production-recycling ratio.

14 tons of toxic waste was dumped in the Yana railway station, confirmed for NOVA from Sofia Municipality.
 
The district is detached from the Directorate for Emergency Relief and Prevention to Sofia Municipality. There is no air pollution. A suspect is seized for the discarded waste.
 

People living in apartment buildings in Sofia will be able to ask for separate waste collection containers to be used by them. This will be possible with the re-signing of the separate collection contracts between the Sofia Municipality and the recovery organizations Ecopack, EcoBulpack and Bulecopack.