On which level are recycling policies in Serbia and has there been any progress in the past few years? These questions are very nicely presented by a commercial for toilet paper. While a family is walking and shopping in a big supermarket, a girl brings some toilet paper she likes and which is, surprisingly, pink…
Tag: waste
Second life of products
What does the hierarchy of waste management include? Why burning waste is not the preferred option? What is the problem related to the biggest Belgrade landfill (Vinča) and the public-private partnership that the City of Belgrade made to solve this problem? What are the recommendations for the future? At the level of the European Union…
Garbage Overflow
This story concerns the overfl owing garbage depot near Sofia in the middle of January. The depot was supposed to be closed at the end of 2004 but unfortunately it wasn’t and the residents of the village started their effective protests against this. For six days the city of Sofi a was covered with garbage,…
Waste not, want not
Since 2002 in Britain there is a department called the Strategy Unit (SU). The Strategy Unit’s job is to undertake long-term strategic reviews of major areas of policy; undertake studies of crosscutting policy issues; work with departments to promote strategic thinking and improve policy making across Whitehall; and provide strategic leadership to social research across…