In 2022, Romanians were in last place in the European Union in terms of municipal waste production and recycling, according to data published by Eurostat.
The Integrated Waste Management Center was inaugurated in Roești (Vâlcea) at 206,673 sqm.
The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, says there are 31 hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste dumps in Romania, for which the country is paying fines.
GreenWEEE, a company active in the waste electrical and electronic equipment (DEEE) recycling market in Romania, has completed the third recycling plant for these types of waste.
Residents of Salonta and its surroundings can get rid of bulky or dangerous waste free of charge.
More than half of Romanians (57%) show a reduced willingness to consume sustainably and declare that they think about sustainability "from time to time".
The Cluj County Council has launched the tender for the purchase of the treatment installation by molecular disintegration of municipal waste from Cluj County.
The European Commission has decided to refer Croatia to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to bring national legislation in line with EU legislation on waste.
From parcels for online purchases to coffee-to-go cups, packaging is almost everywhere.
Companies in Romania can reduce costs related to environmental obligations by 50%, but many have a harder time complying with the legislation, according to Green Environment Support.
The County of Cluj is going to acquire a treatment facility through molecular disintegration, for the energy recovery of waste.
The total amount of waste generated by Transgaz in 2022 was 648,113 tons, according to the company's Sustainability Report for 2022.
A financing contract worth RON 47.5 million (€9.5 million) was signed to support the selective collection of waste in Bistrița-Năsăud County.
Etex aims to send 65% less waste to landfills by 2025, compared to the level of 2018, and to reduce the amount of discarded waste to zero by 2030.
Romania produces on average over 3 million tons of construction waste annually.
BAT aims to be carbon neutral across its own operations by 2030, says Ileana Dumitru, Legal, and External Affairs Director for the South Eastern Europe Area at BAT. She talked to Green Forum about the role of ESG in BAT`s global strategy and about the company`s most ambitious sustainability targets.
The Săcueni Biogas plant in Bihor County will be leased to private operators.
Between January and July 2023, the sanitation operator collected 1,026 tons of selective glass waste in Iași County.
Huawei has produced a composite watch strap made from recyclable nylon, a more sustainable alternative to traditional plastics.
By 2060, global rivers, seas, and oceans could be polluted with 44 million tonnes of plastic, double the current level, estimates a recent report by The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Plastic is among the packaging most often used by Romanians, but its recycling rate in Romania is only 30.05%, according to the data analyzed by Clean Recycle.
The Faculty of Hydrotechnics from the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest and Waldevar Floating PV have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate innovation in renewable energy and prepare the next generation of specialists in floating photovoltaic technologies.
Join Lisa Chase and Tjidsger Wierda for a workshop on 28 May
Rezolv Energy has commissioned the St. George solar park in Silistra, Bulgaria, marking the company's first project to become operational. The 225 MW facility reached full operational status in under three years from acquisition of development rights.
Sinovoltaics has launched PV Lab Test Advisor v1.0, a web-based assessment tool designed to build project-specific reliability testing scopes for utility-scale solar PV projects.
In a video interview recorded at Bratislava Property Forum 2026, Hubert Abt FRICS, CEO of workcloud24, explains why energy performance is emerging as the most important operational metric, how investors are approaching sustainability and what it takes to create real value through data-driven asset management.
