Twenty-nine applications submitted by companies that want to ecologize their business processes  were accepted in the framework of the program to ecologize small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These companies will get by up to 200,000 lei per company, which is at most 70% of the value of the investment project, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry of Economy, 61 companies competed for grants, being assessed according to such criteria as eligibility and sustainability of ecologization actions.

The selected companies operate in the service sector (11 businesses), the agrifood sector (9) and the industrial sector (9). The ecologization actions proposed by the companies included treatment of wastewater,  management, collection and processing of waste, reduction of energy consumption, management of water resources by installing a treatment station, ECO and BIO citification services, air filtration ventilation systems, etc.

The interested companies can fill out a form on the website of the Organization for the Development of the SME Sector.