Alina Oprea
| 9 March, 2023 at 2:44 PM
€159 million to be invested in the development of water and wastewater infrastructure in Iasi. The amount is financed by the EU Cohesion Policy funds within the 2014-2020 programming period. The effort is part of a vaster plan to improve water and wastewater infrastructure across Romania and in Iași County, it is complementary to the project completed in the 2007-2013 program period.
Alina Oprea
| 9 March, 2023 at 12:07 PM
The Smeeni town hall in Buzău county was fined RON50,000 (€10,000) by the commissioners of the Environmental Guard, due to the randomly thrown waste. The same situation had been found at the last inspection, the remedial measures not having been carried out.
Alina Oprea
| 8 March, 2023 at 5:31 PM
A new study finds an estimated investment gap of €6.7-8.6 billion must be closed to achieve Europe's pledged goal of placing on the EU market each year 10 million tonnes (Mt) of plastic recyclates in final products by 2025. Plastic packaging is the biggest contributor to the plastic waste problem and 25 companies are responsible for half of the world's plastic production.
Alina Oprea
| 8 March, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Europe is looking for the magic solution for decarbonization, simultaneously with ensuring energy security, although the year started with a strong feeling of optimism for the energy sector at the global level, says Radu Puiu, Financial Analyst at the brokerage house on international exchanges XTB Romania. Amid recent negative factors, many countries have had to resort to fossil fuels and delay the transition to green energy.
Alina Oprea
| 7 March, 2023 at 5:24 PM
In the last three months of last year, over 29,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions were reduced in Romania, through the packaging recycling activity generated by approximately 700 companies, according to Clean Recycle data. In 2021, Romania recorded a quantity of 79 million tons of carbon emissions from all industries, increasing by 5 million tons compared to 2020.
Alina Oprea
| 7 March, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high last year, even as more clean technologies such as solar power and electric vehicles helped limit the impact of increased coal and oil consumption, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Scientists warn that energy users around the world must dramatically reduce emissions to slow the ill effects of global warming.
Alina Oprea
| 2 March, 2023 at 4:36 PM
OMV Petrom continues the "Romania plants for tomorrow" project and announces that is supporting this year's plantings with €3 million. Over 330,000 saplings will be planted in mini-urban forests in 20 cities, including Bucharest, Constanța, Giurgiu and Craiova. "Romania plants for tomorrow" is the largest planting initiative financed by private funds in Romania.
Alina Oprea
| 2 March, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Aquila has set itself the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2026. The company also applies systems to improve the electricity consumption of warehouses.
Alina Oprea
| 24 February, 2023 at 5:16 PM
The company Sphera Franchise Group SA presents its sustainability plans and announces that it will implement energy-efficient lighting (LED lighting) in all its locations until 2024.
Alina Oprea
| 24 February, 2023 at 1:43 PM
Stericycle is investing $1.6 million in the company's most modern medical waste processing facility in Oradea, Romania. The technology implemented in the new facility increases speed, efficiency and sustainability in the medical waste treatment process.
Alina Oprea
| 24 February, 2023 at 11:30 AM
AROBS Engineering represents Romania in the ClearSpace-1 consortium for a pioneering mission to remove debris from Earth's orbit.
Alina Oprea
| 23 February, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Green Environment Support, one of the biggest players in the Romanian market of environmental consultancy services, reports RON 2.5 million (€500,000) worth of business in 2022, with an 18% increase as compared to 2021.
Alina Oprea
| 23 February, 2023 at 8:56 AM
The low-cost airline Wizz Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Neste for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2025. Wizz Air is characterized as the most environmentally sustainable globally.
Alina Oprea
| 22 February, 2023 at 12:48 PM
Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4 million tonnes in 2021. Nestlé's ambition for 2030 is zero impact on the environment.
Alina Oprea
| 21 February, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Retailer Auchan contributed to the recycling of 14,000 tons of waste at the store level in Romania in 2021. Also, through the collection of used cooking oil, initiated in October 2019, more than 220,000 liters of oil were collected until the end of 2021.
Alina Oprea
| 20 February, 2023 at 12:45 PM
The Braşov County Council has established the locations for the investments of the Integral Waste Management System (SMID) project in Braşov County. For this project, the county public administration provided RON 9.09 million in this year's budget (€ 1.8 million). Brasov remained among the last counties in the country that do not have a functional SMID integrated waste management system.
Green Forum
| 17 February, 2023 at 12:20 PM
The Sibiu County Council will invest RON 84 million without VAT (€16.8 million) in an integrated waste management system in the cities of Avrig, Agnita, Sibiu, Mediaș and Cisnădie. The works must be ready by December 15, 2023.
Alina Oprea
| 16 February, 2023 at 2:12 PM
The Romanian Government approved the 2023 revenue and expenditure budget of the "Romanian Waters" National Administration, a budget increased by more than 23% compared to last year for carrying out investments in water management and for carrying out flood protection works.
Alina Oprea
| 15 February, 2023 at 3:46 PM
The employees and partners of CTPark Bucharest West, as well as all those who live in the neighboring communities, donated blood in the medical office of the industrial park.
Alina Oprea
| 13 February, 2023 at 12:58 PM
The city of Timisoara in Romania will install 100 islands for the selective collection of waste and build a parking lot with 184 spaces, on which photovoltaic panels will be installed.
Green Forum
| 10 February, 2023 at 8:43 AM
The energy group Premier Energy has bought new projects in Romania with a capacity of approximately 41 megawatts, for which it paid €13 million.
Green Forum
| 10 February, 2023 at 7:11 AM
China's CATL is building a factory in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen to produce batteries for electric cars, in a plant that will be one of the largest in its category in Europe.
Alina Oprea
| 9 February, 2023 at 1:33 PM
During 25 years of activity in Romania, Holcim has managed to decrease CO2 emissions per ton of cementitious material by 25%.
