Environment

Initiatives

KDB again suspends M7 motorway tender

The Public Procurement Arbitration Board (KDB) has suspended a tender for construction of a 35.5-kilometer stretch of the M7 motorway...

Recycling

AutoVision inaugurates €5 mln factory in Győr

Germany's AutoVision, a wholly-owned unit of Volkswagen, officially inaugurated its new €5 million factory in Győr, northwest Hungary on Friday....

Recycling

United BioFuels to build bioethanol plant in Mohács

The local council of Mohács, south Hungary, has picked Switzerland's United BioFuels over Sweden's Sekab and another company to build...

Recycling

Pontex to supply packaging for GE

Pontex Kft will soon start making packaging for turbine blades produced by General Electric, business daily Napi Gazdaság reported....

Initiatives

Poultry farmers push gov’t for bird flu compensation

Some 100 poultry farmers attended a demonstration in front of the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday asking for more compensation for...

Recycling

Carl Zeiss reshuffles Hungarian production

Cheaper workforce has prompted Carl Zeiss Vision to move some of its lens production in Hungary to Mexico, but it...

Recycling

Organica to build Ft 300 mln waste water system in Etyek

Environment technology company Organica Zrt is building an environment-friendly biological waste water treatment system for Ft 300 million at the...

Recycling

Audi makes twelve millionth engine in Győr

German carmaker Audi turned out the twelve millionth engine at its plant in Győr, northwest Hungary on Wednesday, Audi Hungaria...

Recycling

Thyco starts building car parts plant in Nyíregyháza

Belgian auto parts maker Thyco has started building a plant in the Nyíregyháza Industrial Park, in northeast Hungary, Thyco managing...

Initiatives

Gov’t to set up advisory body for convergence program

The government will create a Convergence Council to advise it on Hungary's convergence program, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány announced in...

Initiatives

Kikkolux signs options for 52% of BorsodChem

Kikkolux, wholly-owned by Permira Funds, signed option agreements on July 6 with the biggest shareholders of chemicals company BorsodChem Rt...

Recycling

BÉT introduces CAD/JPY, CHF/JPY contracts

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) started offering on Wednesday two new forex option contracts, a CAD/JPY contract and a CHF/JPY...

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...