Tag "hulladékgazdálkodás"

Waste management in Hungary is changing from the first of July

According to the recently published decree on the extended producer responsibility system, many tasks are assigned to the companies concerned – EY drew attention in a statement sent to MTI...

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P&G launches environmental protection themed educational programme

Procter&Gamble has launched an educational programme for primary school students in Hungary, titled ECO-habits. P&G provides schools with free educational material about environmental protection, which focus on three key areas:...

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How Waste Becomes a Recyclable Material?

Upcycling is one of the goals of the circular economy. There are different approaches to the way there. Whether one looks at the consumer goods industry, retailers, or packaging manufacturers,...

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Magazine: Food for Future – the last moments

Expo 2020 in Dubai actually opened only in 2021 and its main topic was sustainability. One of the programmes was a 2-day conference and expo, titled Food for Future. Visitors...

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Last year, the amount of waste sent for recovery increased by 29.3 percent

Last year, the amount of municipal waste collected within the framework of the public waste management service was 3.245 million tons, of which 1.088 million tons were handed over for...

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Mandatory deposit return scheme for drink bottles proposed

The Hungarian government has proposed a bill for introducing a mandatory deposit return scheme for drink containers. At the moment it seems the new system will enter into force on...

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MediaMarkt: the amount of e-waste collected from households increased by 55 percent

In the first eight months, 1,067 tons of e-waste came to the processors from MediaMarkt’s customers, one and a half times as much as a year ago, according to the...

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Magazine: ‘A waste-free economy is still a long way away’

Miklós Nagy, secretary general of the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) talked to our magazine about changing trends and the efforts to improve waste utilisation technologies. In...

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Working toward zero

Our long-term vision is to one day report we have no manufacturing waste going to landfill. We have come a long way in a short time and are innovating to...

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Much less food wasted by Tesco stores

In just one year Tesco Hungary cut the volume of food waste produced by stores by 35 percent. The retail chain donated more than 7,000 tons of food to people in...

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Waste management: an obligation that has turned into a value

Nowadays it is trendy for companies to be green, but in addition to this changes in legislation have also contributed to making firms manage their waste in a more conscious...

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Only 20 percent of the product fee is spent on waste management

The budget of the past five years clearly shows that that only 20 percent of the product fee is spent on waste management and the rest covers other expenses –...

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