Environment

Alina Oprea   |   19 October, 2023 at 1:27 PM

Romanian companies pay €6 million for not recycling their packaging waste

The companies operating in Romania and which did not capitalize their packaging waste placed on the market paid, in 2022, RON 33 million, the equivalent of over €6 million, to the Administration of the Environmental Fund, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. analyzed by Clean Recycle.

Alina Oprea   |   28 September, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Mini-forests to be planted in Romanian cities

The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, announced the launch of the call for projects for the planting of mini-forests in Romanian cities.

Alina Oprea   |   26 September, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Romania wants to reach climate neutrality by 2050

Romania will assume climate neutrality in the time horizon of 2050, says Ionuţ-Sorin Banciu, state secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (MMAP).

Alina Oprea   |   5 September, 2023 at 8:53 AM

Romania's Minister of Environment: "We believe in a clean country"

At Romania's Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, priorities and challenges change from day to day, depending on events and issues, says Mircea Fechet, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests. He talked to Green Forum about the environmental infringements that Romania currently has about the plastic pollution in rivers and about the plans for accessing PNRR funds.

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