Romania charges up to EUR 21 on ton of waste dump, one fourth of German rate
“If anyone rejoices the fact we have not joined the Schengen area, it's the waste collection industry,” said Florin Cepanaru, director of RETIM Timisoara, a company which collects waste. The company is half owned by the Timisoara Municipality and by a German shareholder.
The city of Timisoara generates 150,000 tonnes of waste a year, and half of what is collected are used for biogas.
RETIM's waste – to - biogas project is worth some EUR 12 million, according to Cepanaru, who attended an environment conference in Bucharest. The project started in 2009 and will end in three years.
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