pretreatment of their waste water. In 2020, a deal for a project to upgrade the existing water purification plant was signed. The upgrade should lower the residual levels of organic matter and the nitrogen and phosphorus levels. 4
Fish and microplastics The ecological problems described above are not unique to the Danube. All around us, our planet is suffering from environmental pollution, exacerbated by the sometimes unwitting complicity of those causing it. With the promotion of consumption as the answer to all economic problems after World War 2, and the invention of plastic, increasing production in all sectors, the emergence of a throwaway society was inevitable. Zero Waste as an attitude and lifestyle is the most promising solution we have. Coming from the Danube perspective, we want to widen the
Zero Waste – lesson from nature, or the life of a leaf Maryna Potriina Imagine that you are in a forest — look around, and listen. Do you feel that anything does not fit, or is not in balance with its surroundings? Unless there are signs of human activity in your imaginary forest, this is unlikely, because in nature, everything has its own designation during its lifespan, and even after death. Nature does not know what waste means, and 4 www.crorivers.com/dunav www.dw.com/hr/%C5%A1to-ako-ma%C4%91arski-otrov-do%C4%91e-u-hrvatsku/a-6100291 www.voda.hr/hr/novosti/lijepi-plavi-dunav www.dw.com/hr/dunav-je-vise-od-vode-koja-tece/a-2281165 www.energetika-net.com/u-fokusu/komentar-kratki-spoj/nazovimo-zagrebacki-procistac-otpadnih-vodabandicevim-imenom-13936 www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/predstavljen-projekt-nadogradnja-uredaja-za-prociscavanje-otpadnih-voda-gradazagreba-1451948
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