Serbia is to many in the West an enigma. It has hopes to join the EU, but has sympathies with Russia. One step towards EU alignment is to catch up on waste management
It is understood that Serbia is actively looking at EPR, perhaps across a wider area, but to include tyres.
Italy is where Serbia is taking its lead on EPR and in a Linkedin post Innovando’s Cveta Majtanovic  announced a  formalised a partnership by signing an MoU between Confindustria Serbia, the Privredna komora Srbije | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and Innovando to redefine what a modern, digital, competitive EPR system (Extended Producer Responsibility) should look like for the next decade.
Mihailo Vesović, Deputy President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, emphasised the importance of accelerating the alignment of domestic industry with European standards, noting that emissions in certain sectors remain above the EU average. He also recalled the introduction of the EU’s CBAM ((Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism)which  aims to establish a system that regulates carbon emissions in international trade. It is a policy that would allow European Union countries to charge a tax or fee on imported products that are produced with high carbon emissions.
Tyre and Rubber Recycling will shortly have a more in-depth article on the development of Serbian EPR schemes.
