Environment

Recycling

Amidonn plans €100 mln agro-business complex in Miskolc

Amidonn Kft, the Hungarian unit of Italy's Catelli Holding, plans to build a €100 million agro-business complex in the city...

Recycling

Bericap plans Ft 1 bln investment at Hungarian unit starting 2007

Germany's Bericap, one of the world's biggest makers of plastic bottle caps, plans to start a Ft 1 billion investment...

Recycling

Gyermely inaugurates Ft 4 bln pasta plant

Hungarian food industry company Gyermely Zrt on Thursday inaugurated a new Ft 4 billion pasta factory, the country's biggest....

Initiatives

New Mol shares to be floated on Monday

Shares of Hungarian oil and gas company Mol Nyrt with a combined face value of Ft 345 million, issued in...

Initiatives

Abramovich offers to pay half of Malév debts in new tender

Russian airline head Boris Abramovich, whose companies submitted the highest bid in a tender for Hungarian national airline Malév Zrt...

Recycling

Continental to complete €5 mln expansion at Hungarian unit by January

German tire maker Continental plans to complete a €5 million capacity expansion at its Hungarian unit, Conveyor Belt Systems Phoenix...

Recycling

Kalocsa Hőerőmű to build Ft 34 bln biomass plant

Energy company Kalocsa Hőerőmű Kft will build a Ft 34 billion biomass power plant in central Hungary, business daily Napi...

Recycling

New owner of Dunapack plans power plant

Austria's TI Paper is to build a mixed-fuel power plant costing several billion forints at its recent acquisition in Hungary,...

Initiatives

Pannon Baromfi opens new plant as a part of Ft 840 mln investment

Poultry processor Pannon Baromfi Kft inaugurated on Saturday a new plant in Bábolna, northwest Hungary as part of Ft 840...

Recycling

Austrian investors plan Ft 5 bln biofuel plant in Sarkad

Austrian investors plan to build a Ft 5 billion biodiesel and bioethanol plant at the site of a former sugar...

Recycling

Electro-Recycling plans Ft 1.2 bln electronics recycling plant

Electro-Recycling Group plans to build a Ft 1.2 billion recycling facility for waste electronic equipment in Bátonyterenye, northeast Hungary, supervisory...

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The environmental permit for South Korea’s Dongwha electrolyte manufacturing and NMP recycling plant in Sóskút has been revoked following an...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