While Hungary's overall overconsumption rate, an indicator of the rate of Earth's resources depletion, is worse than the global average, the country is among the leaders in the international field in terms of plastic waste management, according to a new report on Plastic Overshoot Day. The financial portal portfolio.hu quotes from the report that Hungary's […]
In a further step towards greener industry and a greener economy, the Hungarian government would rationalize the installation of solar panels in parking lots, the Ministry of Economic Development (GFM) told MTI on Tuesday. According to the statement, the Ministry will launch a public consultation on the installation of solar panels in parking lots, which […]
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will offset its annual carbon footprint in Drávaszentes, in the area of the Danube-Drava National Park in southern Hungary, with large-scale afforestation and grassland reconstruction, again in close cooperation with WWF Hungary, thus neutralizing its carbon emissions. The central bank says in a statement that it first offset the […]
Thanks to the joint initiative of the Europe Direct Baranya Information Center and Holcim Magyarország Ltd., students of the upper grades of primary schools in Baranya County participated in a two-round environmental education competition in the second semester of 2022. The first three winning teams of the "Youth4GreenerEU" competition are awarded the right to plant […]
The participants of the four-day Maros PET Cup, which started in Apátfalva and ended in Szeged, collected 607 bags, an estimated 3.6 tons of waste, the organizer Természetfilm.hu Association informed MTI on Tuesday. According to the press release, the Tisza PET Cup has been organising waste collection competitions for more than ten years, and this […]
Hungarian medium and large enterprises are aware of the importance of sustainability requirements, but in the unfavorable economic environment, companies are primarily focusing on reducing their costs, which indirectly reduces their environmental impact, according to a research based on the K&H Sustainability Index, the results of which were released to MTI on Wednesday. Around 60% […]
The 10 Million Trees Foundation started its planting program in April with 2,500 seedlings of native trees planted in Bezeréd, Zala County. According to a statement sent to MTI by the organization, a forest strip of native species was established on the property of a young farmer couple, which helps both farming and the protection […]
On Earth Hour, on the last Saturday evening of March each year, unessential lights are switched off for an hour and electrical appliances are turned off around the world. Budapest has also joined the intiative. The 60 minutes dedicated to the Earth is not only to symbolically turn off the lights in homes and cities, […]
Budapest has won a grant of HUF one and half million (HUF 564 million) in the Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, which will be used to establish the Budapest Climate Agency, the Mayor's Office announced on Wednesday. Budapest has been selected as one of the 53 cities from across 21 European Union and Horizon […]
The OMV oil company has installed containers suitable for the collection and storage of used cooking oil at 40 gas stations across Hungary, the company has announced. In the containers, the public can safely deposit in screw-tight PET bottles the grease that is no longer suitable for use, they said. Butter, lard, margarine, used cooking […]
Garbage collection dams are being installed on several Romanian rivers along the Romanian-Hungarian border to prevent waste floating in the water from crossing into Hungary. Sándor Pásztor, head of the water management directorate of Bihor County in Transylvania, Romania told the Romanian news agency Agerpres that the hydro-technical devices are being installed in the county's […]
In addition to making its own operations sustainable and reducing its emissions, Budapest Airport, the management company of the Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport, is also working to protect local natural assets, according to a statement by the company. At the end of November, five hundred tree saplings were planted in the Börzsöny mountains, […]
According to the Future Mobility Association, 0.79% of the total car fleet was pure electric at the end of October 2022, compared to 0.47% in 2021 and 0.29% in October 2020. A statement by the association says that 32,596 electric cars were in operation in the country in October this year, while the number of […]
The University of Pécs (PTE) in southern Hungary has been ranked 21st in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, an international program of 1,050 participating universities. In Hungary, PTE is ranked first in this respect – for the third time now. "Through its Green University Program, the University of Pécs wishes to further enhance its […]
On Earth Day this April, the Budapest shopping center Westend's second-hand clothes collection space, ReStore, opened its doors, where, in addition to collecting surplus textiles, it also hosts various sustainability-related activities. Loyalty points are awarded on the Westend app for used clothing donations, which could also be redeemed for tree planting when the project was […]
