In an effort to reduce marine litter, the European Commission, the EU’s legislative body, proposed new rules Monday banning 10 single-use plastics. In addition to requiring the listed products to be produced using sustainable materials, the new rules will set targets...
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Waste-to energy | Incineration of Waste: the issue
Burning waste to make it disappear. Sounds like a great idea, no? Well, no, it isn’t a great idea and let us explain you why. First of all, it destroys resources. Burning waste is not sustainable: waste are made of resources that once destroyed won’t be available...
You think your plastic bags is biodegradable? Think twice …
Biodegradable plastic [1] products are often perceived as a potential solution to plastic littering and have attracted increasing public attention. According the Green Paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste published by the European Commission, the term...
Organizing a Zero Waste event
Montenegro has lots of events and festivals around the country, especially around the coast in the summer that brings large groups of people together. But most of those events generate huge amounts of waste in a very short time. If the waste is not properly separated...