Environment

Recycling

OMV Installs Used Cooking Oil Collection Points at 40 Stations

Oil, gas, and petrochemical company OMV has installed used cooking oil collection points at some 40 of its refueling stations...

Recycling

MOL Names Waste Management Unit MoHu

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL last week announced it had named its unit responsible for a 35-year municipal waste...

Initiatives

Budapest Airport Launches Tree Planting Program

Budapest Airport has launched a new tree planting program, planting some 500 tree saplings in the Börzsöny mountains, with the...

Initiatives

MOME Launching Reforestation Program

The Moholy-Nagy University of Arts (MOME) is launching a reforestation program in cooperation with three national parks; the strategic agreement...

Initiatives

Circular Economy the Key to Halting Biodiversity Loss, BCSDH says

The fifth Circular Economy Summit was held this month with nearly 150 people in attendance. The event focused on the...

Initiatives

Wizz Air Joins EC’s Alliance for Zero-emission Aviation

Discount airline Wizz Air has joined the Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation (AZEA), a voluntary initiative launched by the European Commission...

Recycling

Alteo, Shell Launch Joint Used Cooking Oil Collection Program

Shell Hungary, Alteo, and Biotrans are set to launch a nationwide used cooking oil collection program this year, according to...

Recycling

Hydro to Close the Loop on Aluminum use in Hungary

Norway’s Hilde Merete Aasheim, president and CEO of Norsk Hydro ASA, spoke with the Budapest Business Journal ahead of her...

Recycling

New Aluminum Recycling Plant in Székesfehérvár Breaks Ground

A new aluminum recycling plant by Hydro is now under construction in Székesfehérvár (about 58 km southwest of the capital)...

Recycling

Spar Eliminates Single-use Plastic Bags for Good

Starting this month, only biodegradable bags will be available in the fruit and vegetable sections of Spar and Interspar stores...

Recycling

Used cooking oil can now be dropped off at 45 Spar stores

Spar has installed 11 more used cooking oil bins across the country until June this year, making it possible to...

Initiatives

EU climate law in accordance with Hungary’s interests, official says

The climate law package approved by European Union environment protection ministers in Brussels is in accordance with Hungary's interests, state...

Initiatives

Green Spa Network springs up in Eastern Hungary

The initiators of the Green Spa Network in Eastern Hungary are hoping for significant developments and a strong season, according...

Recycling

Poland to introduce deposit system for recycling bottles

Poland will introduce a nationwide deposit system next year that will allow people to return used glass and plastic bottles...

Recycling

MOL bids for 35-year municipal waste management concession

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL on Friday said it made a binding offer in a state tender for a...

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...