Waste
Romania Doing Badly on Recycling 'E-Waste'
Romania has collected and recycled less than 20 per cent of all electrical and electronic waste in recent years and is at the bottom of a European table ranking, according to a study by the UN and Interpol.
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Sofia's New Integrated Municipal Waste Management System Completed
The construction of Sofia's new integrated municipal waste management system has been completed and all of the equipment has been installed.
The waste treatment facility was built with EU funding provided under operational program Environment 2007-2013, according to a media statement of the Sofia Municipality.
Floodwater reveals illegal dumping site in Black Sea town
Catastrophic rain that killed eight people in the Black Sea region of Artvin has revealed an illegal dumping site, as floodwater dragged piles of garbage towards the coast.
As garbage filled the coastal roads of Artvin, it came to light the Hopa and Arhavi municipalities had been illegally dumping waste on an area on the backside of a mountain's outskirts.
Bulgaria Opens 1st Procedure under Operational Program Environment 2014-2020
The Bulgarian Managing Authority of operational program Environment 2014-2020 has launched the first grant-awarding procedure.
The procedure involves the designing and construction of compost plants for separate collection of biodegradable waste and green waste, according to a media statement on the website of the operational program.
Waste disposal project in Turkey's Aegean district delayed as EU withdraws grant
The European Union (EU) has pulled its grant, worth 30 million Euros, for a solid waste disposal plant project, which was to be constructed in Turkey?s Aegean resort town of Bodrum, due to complications about on land allocation.
Waste recycling projects in Turkey to get $125 million boost
Investments aimed at promoting waste recycling in Turkey will be financed with a budget of up to $125 million, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced July 23.
European Court of Justice Finds Bulgaria Guilty in Illegal Landfills Case
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EU Landfill Directive and has not taken the necessary steps to open new landfills matching EU requirements, according to Bulgarian media reports.
The ECJ has not made clear in its ruling what penalties Bulgaria will face for the delay, Sofia-based Capital daily reported on Monday.
Dilovas? locals halt protest against waste facility upon promises
Locals of Dilovas?, an industrial zone close to Istanbul, have halted their three-day protest against the bad smell emanating from a waste facility, after local officials said the facility will be closed as of 2016.
Toxic recycling plant's license revoked
The Environment Ministry said on Wednesday it will revoke the license of a recycling plant in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, where a fire earlier this month sent toxic smoke wafting over the capital for days.
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Patra's growing trash woes putting public health at risk
A few days after the government put to public debate its plan to overhaul the country?s waste management, with a greater focus on recycling and a bigger onus on local government, authorities in Patra, in the Peloponnese, have warned that their trash situation risks becoming a ?terrible threat to public health.?