This March, Nestlé will launch a new coffee pod collection and recycling system for NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto capsules, so the company can take another significant step towards achieving a circular economy by working with consumers. For the time being, coffee fans can dispose of the used pods in five designated Media Markt stores, but the […]
The Powering Past Coal Alliance welcomed ten new members, including Hungary, Uruguay, the City of Kyoto (Japan), utilities Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and National Grid (UK), as well as investment managers and pension funds from Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK and the US at the organization’s first Global Summit held on March 2. A […]
Used frying oil (including coconut and palm fat) and frying fat are selectively collected in 240 liter containers in 420 Hungarian settlements. Behind the collection of used oil is BioTrans Ltd., which has so far reached 1.8 million people with its program mainly in smaller municipalities but the company hopes this number will grow significantly. […]
Untreated mine water spilled from the flooded shafts of a closed mine in Maramures, Romania caused metal contamination of the River Szamos flowing into NE Hungary. The Maramures County branch of the Szamos-Tisza Water Directorate said that streams and rivers in the area flooded due to the heavy rainfall on Wednesday. As a result, in […]
The sales of hybrid and electric vehicles fell sharply in Hungary in January, the business news site hvg.hu writes. While in December 2020, the number of environmentally friendly new cars increased by 1,443 vehicles, in January the green license plate granted to such vehicles was installed on 'only' 819 cars in Hungary, the news site […]
With the flooding of the Tisza River, a large amount of municipal waste arrives on the upper reaches of the river again in northeastern Hungary. Staff of the Upper Tisza-Rural Water Directorate removes the floodwaters from Ukraine and Romania 24 hours a day with a partial bed closure. By last Sunday morning, a total of […]
A second round of call to receive support for the purchase of electric bicycles has started this Monday and lasts till Friday, January 8. The winners of the first stage receive a total of nearly HUF 110 million to purchase more than a thousand such vehicles. The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) announced a […]
The measure announced by Vodafone Hungary in April last year to replace its credit card-sized SIM card holders with ones half the size has since saved 1.6 tons of plastic. A press statement by the company says the initiative is part of Vodafone's existing sustainability program. The operator has agreed to phase out old SIM […]
The circular economy involves a number of tools and complex systems for making the food supply more sustainable, which is one of the most effective things we can do to tackle climate change and rebuild biodiversity. The recently held third Circular Economy Summit focused on food and biodiversity and provided a number of corporate and […]
By no later than July 2021, Vodafone’s European network will be powered by 100% renewable electricity – creating a Green Gigabit Net for customers across 11 markets that will grow sustainably using only power from wind, solar or hydro sources. Vodafone Hungary was the first in the Vodafone Group to achieve this goal at the […]
Five hundred trees will be planted in the capital by Budapest's first and exclusively electric car fleet, GreenGo, in cooperation with the 10 million Tree Foundation. According to the GreenGo's announcement, on the occasion of their 4th birthday, they will green the capital by planting 500 trees. With this, they want to compensate for the […]
Hungary takes the lead in Central Eastern Europe to join the European Battery industry’s goals to secure a successful green transition within the automotive and energy sector with a strong battery industry in order to achieve the national as well as the European climate-goals. The Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Technology in cooperation with EIT […]
Cooperation between the department store chain Aldi and the E.ON Hungária Group has come to another milestone: the 100th e-charger opened at the chain's stores in Hungary. Aldi has opened electric car chargers at another 18 of its stores in cooperation with the E.On Hungária Group as part of the network of 147 chargers planned […]
The 'Let's Clean the Country' program has started in the area of the Bükk National Park Directorate in Mezőcsát in NE Hungary with tens of cubic meters of illegally dumped garbage collected and transported on the outskirts of the village. The program aims to eliminate illegal landfills between 2020 and 2022 support the prevention of […]
The Judas tree in Mélykút, S Hungary was elected as the Tree of the Year in Hungary this year in an online voting held by the the Ökotárs ('Eco companion') Foundation. Ökotárs has been organizing the Hungarian Tree of the Year contest since 2010. They are are searching for the most lovable tree, a tree with […]
