Environment

Recycling

Orco to invest €60 mln to build 770 apartments in Poland

Orco, a real-estate developer operating in central and eastern Europe, said it will build 770 apartments near the Polish city...

Initiatives

US: What will fix the mortgage mess?

Too many proposals are impractical, or worse. Is there anything that can cushion the economy from the hit of the...

Recycling

Five bid for $500 mln Iraq cement deals

Czech and Romanian firm are among at least five companies vying to renovate cement plants in Iraq at a cost...

Recycling

Germany’s Envitek announces strong sales and earnings growth

Lohne, Lower Saxony-based Envitek Biogas AG announced that demand for its biogas plants remained strong. In H1 of 2007, the...

Recycling

Ikarus to build plant in Peru

Hungarian bus manufacturing company Ikarus Zrt is planning to set up an assembly facility in Peru, the Bloomberg newswire reports...

Recycling

Poland’s auto sector enjoys record production boom

Some 800,000 new cars are due to roll off production lines in Poland this year, setting a new record in...

Recycling

Russian regulator uncovers new violations in Sakhalin II project

Russia’s environmental regulator said Friday it had found new legal violations committed by Gazprom-controlled Sakhalin Energy, which operates the Sakhalin...

Recycling

Biogas Nord’s successful market entry in Romania

The Biogas Nord AG, Bielefeld, has successfully entered the Romanian biogas market. The company has been commissioned to construct a...

Initiatives

Enel could be planning to increase stake in Russia’s OGK-5

Italian utility Enel is hoping to make a takeover bid for Russia wholesale electricity generator Fifth Power Generation Company, also...

Initiatives

EU allocates $31 million for economic projects in Karelia

The European Union will allocate €23 million ($31 million) to implement international projects for the development of the energy sector,...

Recycling

Indian ambassador says Gazprom can ensure safety if joins gas project

India’s ambassador to Russia said Monday that the project to build a natural gas pipeline to link Iran, Pakistan and...

Initiatives

Gazprom to make investments of almost $30 billion in 2007

Russian state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom has revealed that its board of directors has approved the company’s restated investment program, which...

Initiatives

Gazprom, Belarus hold gas debt talks

Officials from Russian gas giant Gazprom and the Belarus government are holding talks on ways to eliminate Belarus’s gas debts....

Initiatives

Russia confirms pledge to destroy all chemical weapons by 2012

Russia will fulfill its obligations under an international agreement to destroy all its chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012, a senior...

Initiatives

EU to fork out $27 million on Russia nuclear safety – NPP operator

The European Commission plans to allocate €20 million ($27 million) for nuclear safety projects with Russia, the country’s nuclear power...

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...