On the Occasion of the Regional Innovation Award on Circular Economy, ShineBright on the region of Vojvodina, in Serbia that presented its project on a Regional Waste Management Center.

The overall objective of the project is to develop an EU-standard integrated sustainable solid waste management system in the region of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina.

In the region, there is no control, treatment or systematic monitoring  of emissions, leachate waters or landfill gas.

In that sense, the initiative aims to build a regional sanitary landfill; a composting facility; a transfer station; local recycling centres. Adding  improvements to waste collection services and the closure and rehabilitation of selected existing waste disposal sites.

Improvements in the waste management system will contribute to significant improvement of health and environmental conditions in the region.

For more information visit Vojvodina’s website!

The next Regional Innovation Award will take place in 2018 and will be dedicated to the Silver Economy in the context of AER SEED project.

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