11 result(s) for hazardous waste in Current Affairs
Vote to Prevent Chinese Chemical Waste Dump in Budapest Goes Through Unanimously
- 29 Jun 2023 8:59 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The city assembly on Wednesday decided in a unanimous vote to support the mayor’s proposal on submitting an amendment aimed at preventing the government plan to set up a base to store hazardous chemicals in southern Budapest.
Record Rubbish Retrieved from Tisza River
- 22 Jun 2022 8:34 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
A record amount of 1,549 bags of rubbish were collected from Lake Tisza in the annual Lake Tisza PET Cup, the organisers announced on Tuesday.
Reward Offered By Budapest Police In Oil Spill Case
- 23 Dec 2020 8:56 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Budapest’s police chief is offering a Ft 2 million reward to anyone who can provide specific data or information about the perpetrator of an oil spill at the Ráckeve branch of the Danube.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
PM Promises Help To Arrange Hazardous Waste Disposal In Budapest
- 30 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed a willingness to help in arranging the disposal of hazardous waste at a depot in Illatos Road in Budapest’s 9th district. “When I get good news, I will go to Illatos Road and take a look around. I am trying to help”, Orbán said in connection with environmental pollution at the depot.
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Jobbik Calls On Govt To Withdraw Planned Tax On Solar Panels
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to withdraw solar panels from an environmental product fee, saying that the tax would be “yet another nail in the coffin” of Hungary’s economic and energy independence. Lawmaker Lajos Kepli said that the government had made needless “luxury investments” and pursued a reckless economic policy, and such taxes were desperate measures ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Innovation For A Cleaner Danube
- 5 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It now seems like ages ago, but once upon a time, believe it or not, it was safe to go for a swim in the Danube in downtown Budapest. But the river fell victim to poor communist urban planning, and the “Blue Danube” pre-1990 became nothing more than a terribly polluted north-south highway.
Vote to Prevent Chinese Chemical Waste Dump in Budapest Goes Through Unanimously
- 29 Jun 2023 8:59 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The city assembly on Wednesday decided in a unanimous vote to support the mayor’s proposal on submitting an amendment aimed at preventing the government plan to set up a base to store hazardous chemicals in southern Budapest.
Record Rubbish Retrieved from Tisza River
- 22 Jun 2022 8:34 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
A record amount of 1,549 bags of rubbish were collected from Lake Tisza in the annual Lake Tisza PET Cup, the organisers announced on Tuesday.
Reward Offered By Budapest Police In Oil Spill Case
- 23 Dec 2020 8:56 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Budapest’s police chief is offering a Ft 2 million reward to anyone who can provide specific data or information about the perpetrator of an oil spill at the Ráckeve branch of the Danube.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
PM Promises Help To Arrange Hazardous Waste Disposal In Budapest
- 30 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed a willingness to help in arranging the disposal of hazardous waste at a depot in Illatos Road in Budapest’s 9th district. “When I get good news, I will go to Illatos Road and take a look around. I am trying to help”, Orbán said in connection with environmental pollution at the depot.
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Jobbik Calls On Govt To Withdraw Planned Tax On Solar Panels
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to withdraw solar panels from an environmental product fee, saying that the tax would be “yet another nail in the coffin” of Hungary’s economic and energy independence. Lawmaker Lajos Kepli said that the government had made needless “luxury investments” and pursued a reckless economic policy, and such taxes were desperate measures ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Innovation For A Cleaner Danube
- 5 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It now seems like ages ago, but once upon a time, believe it or not, it was safe to go for a swim in the Danube in downtown Budapest. But the river fell victim to poor communist urban planning, and the “Blue Danube” pre-1990 became nothing more than a terribly polluted north-south highway.