15 April 2021
During its session on Tuesday, the Government of North Macedonia approved the plan for cleaning up the smaller depot with lindane in the OHIS plant’s yard. Five decades since thousands of tons of lindane (carcinogenic insecticide) were buried in the yard of this former chemical giant in the times of former Yugoslavia, its cleanup should […]
25 December 2020
The State Environmental Inspectorate has conducted an extraordinary inspection at the OHIS chemical industry complex near Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, where 6 facilities are still operating. One produces cannabis oil and the remaining are stockpiling both hazardous and non-hazardous waste. “During the inspection, Eko-centar was repackaging poluting chemicals that were stored there for […]
24 December 2020
The transport of the remaining 10 tons of chemicals from the OHIS chemical industry complex near Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia awaits the permit from France. The chemicals would then be transported to an incinerator in Lyon. Four countries, Serbia, Hungary, Austria and Germany through which the dangerous chemical will be transiting, have already […]
3 November 2020
The last 10 tons of various chemical waste from the now closed chemical factory OHIS in North Macedonia’s capital, Skopje will be sent to incineration in Lion, France. In March, these were supposed to be transferred at Valorec Services in Basel, Switzerland, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of borders postponed the shipment. In […]
8 October 2020
The chemical tank containing vinyl chloride monomer from the OHIS Industrial complex near Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, was transferred to Germany where the hazardous chemical will be incinerated at the SUEZ Sonderabfallgesellschaft incinerator. It’s a historical waste of around 13 tons that was repackaged by experts from the French company Curium from an […]
6 August 2020
There is no room for any comparison whatsoever between the accident in Beirut, that was caused by the explosion of inappropriately stored chemical, and the potential danger for Skopje caused by the chemicals stored in the former chemical industry complex OHIS, claims Trajče Stafilov, a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at the Natural Sciences […]
6 July 2020
Around 14 tons of vinyl chloride deposited in the former OHIS chemical industrial complex in Skopje, North Macedonia, still await the experts from the French company Kurium to arrive, repackage it in new safe barrels and transport it for proper disposal. The Ekocentar 97 company, which was selected to clean the 11 types of chemicals […]
26 June 2020
Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, but also North Macedonia, will have to issue new permits for international transportation of hazardous materials to get the chemical deposits in the former OHIS industrial complex exported to Switzerland for incineration. The previous permit for the project “Removal, dislocation, disposal or neutralization of chemical mater” from OHIS Skopje […]
19 May 2020
The dangers of pollution with the mercury in the Electrolysis plant in OHIS will be overcome by seeking help from international funds. At the start of 2020, North Macedonia ratified the Minamata Convention for Mercury and as its member, it will have access to new sources of financing for the mercury cleanup. Mercury is an […]
16 October 2019
The international tender for the selection of technology for the removal of lindane and its isomers from the OHIS’ yard in Skopje was published yesterday and is expected to be open until the 11th of November, informs the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES). The tender has been published at UNIDO’s official webpage. The Ministry of Environment […]
21 May 2019
The lindane landfill located in the Pelenica area near the Skopje settlement Dracevo has been fenced off. After confirmation from the Ministry of Environment, our crew visited the site and there we really came across a fence, but it was a plain wire fence, with a wire door and padlock, without any signs, warnings and […]
28 March 2019
In one month, the tender documentation will be finalized, after which wan international competition conducted by the United Nations Organization (UNIDO) will be announced – for the selection of a company and technology for the disposal of the deposited Lindane from the small landfill surrounding the OHIS plant which contains about 10 thousand tons of […]
