Environment

Recycling

MAN opens new truck assembly plant in Niepolomice, Poland

MAN has officially opened a new assembly plant for heavy trucks in Niepolomice near Krakow in Poland....

Initiatives

EU: A new program helping SMEs become greener

Individual small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ less than 250 people, but the European Union’s 23 million SMEs as a...

Recycling

Germany’s Messer invests €300 mln in CEE

Frankfurt-based Messer Group recently broke ground on an air separation plant in the Upper-Silesian city of Rybnik in Poland’s industrial...

Recycling

Brazil to achieve uranium self-sufficiency in 2014

Brazil will be able to fulfill its domestic demand for enriched uranium by 2014, the chief of Nuclear Industries of...

Recycling

MOL signs €2.1 bln revolving credit

Hungary’s oil and gas group MOL announced today that on 2 October it signed a new €2.1 billion ($2.98 billion)...

Initiatives

Over 230,000 birds culled at farm after bird flu outbreak

More than 230,000 birds have been culled at a poultry farm in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Territory following an outbreak of...

Initiatives

CEB supports Hungary’s development programs

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is to channel a €150 million ($214 million) loan to Hungary to support...

Recycling

Ahmadinejad cements ties with Chavez

The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering US influence as the Iranian president declared that...

Initiatives

Hungary: FinMin presents 2008 budget draft

The government approved the draft version of the 2008 budget, announced Finance Minister János Veres at the conference after the...

Recycling

Norwegian gas group sets up biggest LNG project in Europe

Statoil commenced production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Hammerfest LNG plant, northern Norway....

Initiatives

Airbus fears loss of €1 billion due to strong euro

The rising value of the euro could cost the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus €1 billion ($1.41 billion), the company’s chief...

Recycling

Estonia not to allow Nord Stream through its waters – Estonian TV

The Estonian government has already decided to deny the construction of a gas pipeline between Russia and Europe through Estonian...

Initiatives

Romania, Iceland to cooperate for clean energy

Romania and Iceland declared Wednesday that they aimed to cooperate in the field of cleaner energy resources, while the two...

Recycling

Danish Grundfos opens new pump plant in Hungary

Pump producer Grundfos A/S inaugurated its new, Ft 4.5 billion ($24.64 million, €17.64 million) plant in Székesfehérvár on Tuesday, marking...

Initiatives

China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangzhou

China’s Ministry of Agriculture on Monday confirmed a bird flu outbreak in South China’s Guangzhou, which began with the mass...

Pollution

Dongwha Plant’s Environmental Permit Revoked in Hungary

The environmental permit for South Korea’s Dongwha electrolyte manufacturing and NMP recycling plant in Sóskút has been revoked following an...

Environment

Hungary Introduces Water Restrictions in 629 Settlements

In response to the extreme heat and drought in Hungary, first-degree water restrictions have been introduced in 465 settlements, according...

Recycling

Alteo Starts Trial Run at New DRS Waste Processing Plant

Alteo Group will significantly increase its processing capacity for returned beverage packaging from this summer, with the launch of trial...

Environment, Business, Initiatives

BCSDH Breakfast Links Sustainability Award to Promoting Scalable Business Change

The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary used its Sustainable Future Inspiration Breakfast on May 6 to shift the...

Environment

Meet the Hungarian Professor Working to Restore the Danube

Research professor Tibor Erős talks to the BBJ about his career as a biologist and ecologist, detailing his passion for...

Environment

Questions Arise About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Göd, Company Denies Media Reports

In 2023, Hungary’s government secretly ordered the Constitution Protection Office, the National Information Center, and intelligence agencies to investigate the...

Pollution

Air Quality Deteriorating in Several Parts of Hungary

A high concentration of airborne dust particles is further deteriorating air quality in several parts of Hungary, the National Public...

Initiatives

Gov’t Calls Tender to Support Creation of Wetland Habitats

The gov't is calling a HUF 12.8 billion tender to support the development of natural wetland habitats, contributing to long-term...

Dongwha Plant’s Environmental Permit Revoked in Hungary

The environmental permit for South Korea’s Dongwha electrolyte manufacturing and NMP recycling plant in Sóskút has been revoked following an...

CATL Hungary Fined HUF 10 mln Over Environmental Permit Violations

The Debrecen plant of Chinese battery maker CATL violated several provisions of its environmental use permit and was fined HUF...

Hungary Introduces Water Restrictions in 629 Settlements

In response to the extreme heat and drought in Hungary, first-degree water restrictions have been introduced in 465 settlements, according...

Hungary Reviews Battery Plants’ Emissions, Water Use and Waste Management

A nationwide inspection program covering the full operating chain of Hungary’s battery industry began Aug. 1, Minister of the Living...

Alteo Starts Trial Run at New DRS Waste Processing Plant

Alteo Group will significantly increase its processing capacity for returned beverage packaging from this summer, with the launch of trial...

Budapest Water Supply ‘Stable’ Amid Heatwave

The water supply of Budapest is "stable", the city is in a position to help out settlements around the capital...

Budapest Proposes Tiered Water‑fee System to Cut Waste

Budapest is calling for a reform of Hungary’s water-pricing system, proposing free basic household consumption and progressively higher rates for...

Hungarian Environmental Protection Authority Initiates Proceedings Against CATL

The environmental protection authority has initiated proceedings against Chinese-owned CATL as the company illegally discharged green-colored liquid from a sewer...

BCSDH Breakfast Links Sustainability Award to Promoting Scalable Business Change

The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary used its Sustainable Future Inspiration Breakfast on May 6 to shift the...

Meet the Hungarian Professor Working to Restore the Danube

Research professor Tibor Erős talks to the BBJ about his career as a biologist and ecologist, detailing his passion for...

Questions Arise About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Göd, Company Denies Media Reports

In 2023, Hungary’s government secretly ordered the Constitution Protection Office, the National Information Center, and intelligence agencies to investigate the...

Hungary DRS manages More Than 3 bln Returns in 2025

Hungary's deposit-return system (DRS) managed the return of over 3 billion bottles and cans in 2025, Mohu, a unit of...

Air Quality Deteriorating in Several Parts of Hungary

A high concentration of airborne dust particles is further deteriorating air quality in several parts of Hungary, the National Public...

Gov’t Calls Tender to Support Creation of Wetland Habitats

The gov't is calling a HUF 12.8 billion tender to support the development of natural wetland habitats, contributing to long-term...

Mohu’s Recycling Success Met With Bitter Irony by Large Retail Partners

Hungary’s deposit return system (DRS) on beverage packaging is an “internationally recognized” success, according to Mohu, the monopoly operator, but...