Environment
Action: Zagreb incinerator EIA approval faces legal challenge, 01.12.2006
Croatian environmental group Green Action has launched a legal appeal against the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed 385 000 tonnes per year Zagreb incinerator, on the grounds that it was approved without a public consultation.
01.12.06. 19:10
Bankwatch CEE
Regional Conference: "Sustainable development in the Mt. Velebit area"
Providing livelihoods to local communities and protecting natural and cultural heritage on Croatia’s way to the European Union Partners
12.03.06. 20:00
Biodiversity
Action: Do you want a toxic waste dump in your community?, 16.02.2006
Green Action staged a street theatre performance to call on Zagreb County not to accept a recent proposal for a toxic waste dump to be built there. If signed the deal would require the County to construct a toxic waste dump in exchange for having its waste burnt in the planned Zagreb incinerator.
16.02.06. 02:00
Bankwatch CEE
Press release: EBRD criticised for persisting with rejected Zagreb incinerator project, 17.11.2005
Zagreb, Croatia - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has today been criticised for its continued involvement in the controversial Zagreb municipal waste incinerator project, expected to cost up to EUR 290 million, in spite of the recent rejection of the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
17.11.05. 01:00
Bankwatch CEE
News: Zagreb solid waste management programme - Case summary, 15.05.2005
The Zagreb Solid Waste Management Programme, carried out by a city-owned company called ZGOS and mainly funded by the EBRD, comprises the rehabilitation of Zagreb’s Jakuševec landfill site, which is widely reported to be the largest illegal landfill in Central and Eastern Europe.
15.05.05. 03:00
Bankwatch CEE
Action: Waste + Incineration = Toxic Waste, 11.05.2005
During the local election campaigns in May 2005 Green Action carried out a street theatre performance to draw attention to its objections to the planned municipal waste incinerator, emphasising the unsolved issue of what to do with the toxic ash produced by the plant.
11.05.05. 02:00
Bankwatch CEE