Tag: waste (27 articles)

Industry   |   26 June, 2023 at 5:00 PM

78 million tons of clothes become waste every year

78 million tons of clothes become waste every year, with serious consequences for the environment. Clothing production has doubled in recent years due to overconsumption. We throw away an average of 11 kg of clothes annually, after only 7 wears. Humana People to People representatives draw attention to the negative impact that the overconsumption of such products has on the environment and, ultimately, on people's health.

Finance   |   12 June, 2023 at 9:30 AM

Timișoara City Hall is paying its obligations for the environment

Mayor Dominic Fritz is announcing that the Municipality has paid its environmental payment obligations for the 2016-2020 period. The City Hall of Timisoara paid last week the last installment of the obligations of RON5.6 million (€1.12 million) calculated by the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), for the mentioned interval.

Industry   |   17 May, 2023 at 5:09 PM

CERC's online platform calculates your personal carbon footprint

An online platform calculates your personal carbon footprint over the course of a year in terms of transport, waste, and energy consumption. The calculator is available on the economiecirculara.eu platform has algorithms that are based on international standards and measurements and measure the carbon footprint within a year.

Finance   |   9 May, 2023 at 7:29 AM

OTP Bank Romania collects 300 kg of waste from the Jiu River

OTP Bank volunteers collected, at the end of last week, over 25 bags of waste from the Jiu River, in the Ișalnița Dam area. the 22 volunteers collected 300 kilograms of waste, representing objects such as pet bottles, bottles, canned food, etc. A new action to clean the banks and riverbeds of Jiu, the second of this year will take place in September.

Industry   |   9 March, 2023 at 12:07 PM

Town in Buzau County receives €10,000 fine for pollution

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.

Industry   |   7 March, 2023 at 5:24 PM

700 companies from Romania recycle 30,000 tons of waste

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.

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