Environment

Recycling

Wienerberger accelerates growth program in Central-East Europe

Austrian Wienerberger AG is increasing the pace of its expansion in Poland and the Czech Republic by investing €120 million...

Recycling

Mercury: ban exports and make storage safer

Europe’s battle against mercury goes on. Parliament’s Environment Committee adopted on Thursday a report calling for a ban on exports...

Recycling

Czech company rises the bar in Romania

Czech-based OTK group says that it plans to triple the turnover of its Romanian operations within the next five years....

Recycling

Houses out of sand and water

Buildings are expected to feature as a crucial area for energy-saving in the UN’s third report on climate change this...

Initiatives

Jeremie helps small and medium sized companies receive loans

Hungary's government has earmarked Ft 175 billion (about €700 million) for a new program to help small and medium sized...

Recycling

SCA invests €10 million to expand cardboard plant

Packaging producer SCA Packaging Romania will start an investment project worth €10 million ($13.6 million) in expanding production capacity of...

Recycling

Bank of America gets into merger battle

Bank of America reportedly has threatened ABN Amro with a $220 billion lawsuit if the Dutch bank declines to sell...

Recycling

Romanian biodiesel market set to reach €25 mln

EU fuel consumption norms will generate a €25 million biodiesel market in the last six months of this year....

Initiatives

Sanitary chief expects bird flu in Russia, office allays fears

Russia's chief sanitary doctor said Friday outbreaks of bird flu could occur in Siberia and European Russia this summer, while...

Initiatives

OMV defends Iranian gas deal and launches road safety program

Austrian oil and gas group OMV has been defending its decision to develop parts of the South Pars Gas Field...

Recycling

Eight firms in bid for Bosnia aluminum plant

Eight companies have expressed interest in buying an 88% stake in Bosnia's aluminum smelter Aluminij Mostar....

Initiatives

Russian gas giant to buy Belarusian company share

Russia's top gas enterprise, the Gazprom, will pay $2.5 billion to buy half stake of a Belarusian state-owned energy company,...

Recycling

Gothenburg to open huge biofuel plant

Power company Gothenburg Energy plans to build the world's biggest plant for producing gas from biofuels, to be located in...

Recycling

Korda Stúdió opens its doors

The state-of-the-art Korda Film Stúdió has announced that four sound stages of the $124 million (€91 million) budgeted movie-making facility...

Initiatives

Bird flu deal for Bernard Matthews criticized

Jack Straw, the Leader of the House, exposed division within the Government yesterday by criticizing the payment of nearly £600,000...

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...