The bill "On the Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade" passed the reading in the House of Representatives on 31 January, BelTA learned.
The accession to the convention will give Belarus the right to participate in the international process of prohibitions and restrictions on chemicals in trade; to support the interests of the EAEU countries; to defend...
The construction of a new waste sorting plant at the Trostenetsky landfill near Minsk is planned to start in the spring. The project was discussed at a working meeting chaired by Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev on 30 January, BelTA has learned.
The facility will sort mixed solid municipal waste (up to 600,000 tonnes per year), including separately collected (up to 30,000 tonnes per year), and produce secondary material resources. It is also expected to produce RDF fuel (up to 114,000...
Belarus managed to preserve and improve scientific competences after the collapse of the USSR, which allowed contemporary Belarusian science to show good results, Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky told a press conference, BelTA has learned.
“Belarusian science is focused on obtaining new knowledge, but at the same time it is practice-oriented. Thus, new knowledge translates into new technologies, experimental samples and prototypes,...