Alina Oprea
| 28 September, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Town hall of Timișoara to plant 300 trees inside city
The town hall of Timișoara is preparing new green areas in the city and more than 300 trees planted this autumn.
The town hall of Timișoara is preparing new green areas in the city and more than 300 trees planted this autumn.
The County of Cluj is going to acquire a treatment facility through molecular disintegration, for the energy recovery of waste.
Romania will assume climate neutrality in the time horizon of 2050, says Ionuţ-Sorin Banciu, state secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (MMAP).
TechBolide launched the Eco Ville application, a solution for efficient waste management.
Digital and electrical solutions can reduce carbon emissions from office buildings by up to 70%.
The Mayor of the Capital Nicusor Dan announced that the website infoaer.pmb.ro was launched.
MEPs want stricter limits to achieve zero pollution by 2050.
The total amount of waste generated by Transgaz in 2022 was 648,113 tons, according to the company's Sustainability Report for 2022.
A financing contract worth RON 47.5 million (€9.5 million) was signed to support the selective collection of waste in Bistrița-Năsăud County.
Farmers will be able to build manure collection and utilization systems with money from PNRR.
At Romania's Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, priorities and challenges change from day to day, depending on events and issues, says Mircea Fechet, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests. He talked to Green Forum about the environmental infringements that Romania currently has about the plastic pollution in rivers and about the plans for accessing PNRR funds.
Etex aims to send 65% less waste to landfills by 2025, compared to the level of 2018, and to reduce the amount of discarded waste to zero by 2030.
7 out of 10 Romanians consider pollution a major problem in Romania, but less than half would be willing to pay more for clean energy sources.
OTP Bank Romania invited the audience from the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival to an action to green the Danube River, under the slogan "We want a Delta like in the movies".
The European Commission approves a €200 million Romanian scheme aimed at compensating forest owners for logging restrictions.
The market of recycled electronics, especially smartphones, is growing about 3 times faster than new ones, says Cosmin Popovici, CEO of CreditAmanet.
In the first quarter of 2023, greenhouse gas emissions generated by the economy of the European Union totaled 941 million tons of CO2 equivalent, a decrease of 2.9% compared to the same period in 2022 (969 million tons of CO2 equivalent), shows data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
EGGER Romania is laying the groundwork for opening its sixth wood waste collection center.
For 51% of employees, it is important that the employer is involved in environmental protection, according to a survey run by Genesis Property, among 1,307 respondents nationwide.
Philips Romania and the Viitor Plus Association are planting 5,000 trees in Dolj County this year, exceeding the "Planting Together" campaign goal by approximately 33%.
The Romcarbon company collected 94,802 tons of plastic waste from the market, in the 10 years of activity, of which 89% were from local sources and 11% from the European market.
Brasov City Hall wants to reduce pollution by 426 tons of nitrogen oxides and 16 tons of dust in the next 4 years.
The Zentiva Group in Romania, the largest producer of generic drugs locally, completed the planting of 38,800 trees in the Făgăraș Mountains this year.
Between January and July 2023, the sanitation operator collected 1,026 tons of selective glass waste in Iași County.
Romania is increasingly positioning itself as a promising destination for green investments, with several sectors showing strong potential.
Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 15.2% of the EU market share as of February 2025, marking a significant rise from 11.5% in the same period of 2024.
LG Energy Solution has been chosen as a key partner for a large-scale energy storage system (ESS) project led by Poland's state-owned utility, PGE.
The project for new renewable energy production capacities, submitted by the Hunedoara County Council and the Petrila City Hall, has been approved for funding by the Ministry of Energy.
InnoEnergy, a leading European investor in clean technologies, has unveiled a new growth strategy for 2025–2030, aiming to secure up to €160 billion in funding for the sector.
