Author: zwmne

Our team is made of 100% passionate volunteers and freelancers! Wanna join?   Vanja Cicmil Board Member | Reusable Bags Project Manager v.cicmil@zerowastemontenegro.me   Vanja is a product manager in a leading engineering company. She has also been working as a retail manager and CEO assistant. She is currently a few exams apart from getting […]

On July the 4th [2018], we have shared with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism an in-depth analysis and recommendations report on the issue of plastic bags in Montenegro, that we wrote with the support of legislation experts. You can find below a summary or download our full report underneath. This report is being […]

Single-use plastics: EU Commission welcomes ambitious agreement     This new agreement is targeting the 10 plastic products most often found on our beaches. “The new EU directive on Single-Use Plastics will be the most ambitious legal instrument at global level addressing marine litter. It envisages different measures to apply to different product categories. Where […]

On the 10 December 2018, the twelfth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level took place in Brussels. What does it mean for waste management in Montenegro? “Montenegro decides on its waste management system and dedicates appropriate funding to infrastructure investments, in line with relevant EU legislation, including the waste hierarchy. Montenegro […]

There is a period in the life of all of us when we deeply feel that the need for change is necessary. The time that has accumulated the experience of doing something wrong as a society and as individuals, something that does not rightly speak rebellion from you. Then you want to step out, make […]

EU Commission plastic waste policy and plastic waste bans plans  Published 28th May 2018   In an effort to reduce marine litter, the European Commission, the EU’s legislative body, proposed new rules Monday banning 10 single-use plastics. In addition to requiring the listed products to be produced using sustainable materials, the new rules will set […]

Evropska komisija napravila korak naprijed ka smanjenju plastike za jednokratnu upotrebu – ali to je samo početak IZJAVA ZA JAVNOST: Brisel, 28.5.2018 Evropska komisija je napravila korak naprijed u suzbijanju zagađenja plastikom novim zakonima za smanjenje plastike za jednokratnu upotrebu. U ime Rethink Plastic [1], Sarah Baulch iz Agencije za istraživanje životne sredine kaže: “Komisija […]

Alexandra Aubertin from Zero Waste Montenegro was invited at ‘Waste No Chance’ project kick off panel discussion organized by Mladi Romi -Crna Gora in Podgorica, 26th September 2017.

    On the 29th of September, Zero Waste Montenegro co-organized in collaboration with Biciklo.me a critical mass event that gather cyclists in Podgorica once a month. The theme of this Critical Mass event is Zero Waste and brought the cyclist to one of the 5 recycling yards of Podgorica. All participants were encouraged to […]

  My interest for waste started 13 years ago in Cambodia. I was volunteering there in the AIDS prevention sector and got asked to help one day with the kids working on the dumpsite near Phnom Penh. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw all those young kids working 10 hours a day bare […]