OPENING OF THE NEW VINCA RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE 

Belgrade, September 28, 2021
OPENING OF THE NEW VINCA RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE WITH ATTENDANCE OF MRS ANA BRNABIĆ, PRIME MINISTER OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
The new infrastructure has been developed under a 25-year Public Private Partnership
with a consortium of SUEZ, Itochu and Marguerite and will allow for the safe disposal of municipal waste after energy and material recovery
BEO ČISTA ENERGIJA d.o.o. a joint-venture of SUEZ, ITOCHU Corporation and MARGUERITE announces that the New Vinča Integrated Resource Recovery Centre has started accepting waste from 15 municipalities within the City of Belgrade in August 2021 and held Official Opening Ceremony on 28 September 2021.
The new EU-compliant sanitary landfill and Construction and Demolition Recycling Facility are part of a 370mEUR investment realized by BEO CISTA ENERGIJA under its 25-year Public Private Partnership concluded with the City of Belgrade in 2017.
By starting operations at the new facility, BEO CISTA ENERGIJA has made it possible for the City to stop the unsafe disposal of waste at the old Vinca dumpsite, which has been receiving Belgrade’s waste since 1977. Additional remediation works on the dumpsite are planned to contain and treat pollution which is currently discharged into the atmosphere and the Danube.
The construction of the PPP’s flagship facility, a 1,000 tons/day energy-from-waste facility which will recover electricity and heat from Belgrade’s non-recyclable waste progresses well with a start of operations planned for end of 2022.
The overall program will allow Belgrade to stop pollution as well as reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 250,000 tCO2 per year, notably by reducing methane emissions from uncontrolled dumping.
This Project is co-financed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC: World Bank Group), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Development Bank of Austria (OeEB).