Waste

Turkish street waste collectors have been waiting for legislation from authorities to improve their working conditions, the head of an NGO has said.

Keeping the environment clean in addition to contributing to the economy, street waste collectors have played a vital role on the front lines during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Now they seek better working conditions and social security.

Some 280 Olympic pool volume of wastewater is being discharged from Ergene River in Turkey's northwest to the Marmara Sea every day, according to Greenpeace Mediterranean.

"Industrial wastes had made the Ergene River one of the most polluted streams in the world. Now, these wastes are carried to the depths of the Marmara Sea by pipes," the NGO said in a statement.

Bulgaria is at the bottom of the statistics on reused waste in the European Union. With an indicator of 2.9%, it is quite far from the EU average of 49.4%. Even Romania is ahead of us, albeit by a minimum of 3.5%, BGNES reported.

Ljubljana – The average person in Slovenia threw away 68 kilograms of food last year, one kilogram more than in 2019, of which 40% was still edible. Households and foodstuffs trade generated more food waste, while food production and the catering and food service industries generated less, the Statistics Office data show.

Ljubljana – Slovenia generated less waste in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the Statistics Office. Less waste was generated in economic activities, while municipal waste from households and the healthcare sector increased, especially waste that requires special collection and disposal treatment to prevent infection, due to Covid-19.

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The Coast Guard border police, in co-operation with customs workers and commissioners of the National Environmental Guard have found two barges loaded with over 1,000 tonnes of iron waste arriving in the port of Murfatlar via the Danube River that were to transit trough Romania from Bulgaria to Turkey in breach of legal provisions, according to a press statement released on Tuesday by the Gener

Firefighters prevented a second explosion at a chemical plant in the western German city of Leverkusen after the first one happened in a solvent container.

This was announced by the Minister of the Interior of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Royle, quoted by DPA.

The Bucharest District 1 City Hall will be able to bring in additional waste collection resources, Bucharest Prefect Alin Stoica said after sending to the Local Emergency Management Committee his agreement on declaring a state of alert in District 1 regarding the non-collection of waste. "It will be possible to bring additional resources to quickly solve the problem of garbage piling up.

The Bucharest Prefect, Alin Stoica, announced on Thursday that he is analyzing the request of mayor Clotilde Armand in regards to declaring a state of alert in the capital's Sector 1 based on waste not being picked up, and will announce the decision by the end of the day.