Veolia Environnement has agreed to sell Suez’s UK waste business to Macquarie for 2.4 billion euros ($2.44 billion) after concerns were raised by the country’s antitrust authorities, the agency said. Bloomberg. The sale is the latest step in Veolia’s acquisition of a large stake in French rival Suez, completed elsewhere in the world earlier in […]
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The evolution of waste management in Greece
Waste management is undeniably one of the most important areas of discussion in recent years since it directly concerns public health and the environment. With the increasing difficulties faced by the residents of areas near landfills and with the ascertainment of their environmental impacts, the planning of waste management solutions based on the circular economy […]
G. Oikonomou: Greece secured 600 million from the EU for recycling and waste treatment
Greece has secured six hundred million euros for the creation of recycling and waste treatment units, says government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou in a post on Twitter. “Our country secured 600 million euros from the European Union through the new NSRF 2021-2027 for the creation of modern recovery and recycling units, for the treatment of waste. […]
Public Syntagmatos becomes the first zero-waste store in Greece
Public pioneers and presents an innovative program of sustainable business operation that focuses on the environment and climate change. Entitled Love Earth, the program begins with the opening of the first zero-waste Public store in Syntagma and the Just go Zero platform, giving together with Polygreen, a leader in the fields of circular economy and […]
The platform for device recycling requests has been launched
The electronic platform https://allazosyskevi.gov.gr/ was put into operation for submitting applications to the Program for recycling and replacement of electrical appliances, “Recycle – Change Device”, as announced by the Ministry of Environment and Energy. The platform will be gradually opened for the beneficiaries, depending on the last digit of the TIN. Particularly: 21/6: TIN ending […]
‘Trick’ from coffee companies to put the environmental tax in their pocket
By George Lampiris Interpretations are currently controversial regarding the effectiveness of the measure of imposing the recycling fee when buying coffee at points of sale, where however many of its executives come to question whether in practice this measure has worked. Characteristic in this direction was the position of the president of the Hellenic Coffee […]
The recycling of devices in the COSMOTE and GERMANOS stores contributes to clean seas and shores
With the central message “Your old appliance goes out of the trash”, COSMOTE and GERMANOS stores urge consumers to recycle small portable technology devices that they do not use, contributing to the protection of the environment. Through this action, COSMOTE and GERMANOS support the urban non-profit company “Enalia” and the Mediterranean Cleanup program, for the […]
K. Skrekas: Tilos, the island with the highest recycling rate in the world – reaches 80%
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas, the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos and the Secretary General of Waste Management Coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Manolis Grafakos, visited the island of Tilos to participate in the presentation of the Just Go Zero program. to create a new model of integrated solid […]