Waste - State and impacts (Slovenia)

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Waste generation and waste management

Topic: Waste

more info Organisation name Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia Reporting country Slovenia Organisation website Organisation website Contact link Contact link Last updated 03 Jan 2011 Content license CC By 2.5 Content provider

Published: 04 Nov 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020 Feed synced: 03 Jan 2011 original

Key message

The quantities of waste in Slovenia are increasing. Schemes for collecting and treatment of individual types of waste streams along with financing of activities that ensure proper management of such waste have been established. Through the establishment of "door to door" system of collecting individual fractions of municipal waste, the establishment of all municipal waste management centres and with better energy recovery from municipal waste, which is not appropriate for recycling, is expected to deviate municipal waste streams to recovery and priority recycling.

According to the EU legislation, several changes on waste management were introduced in recent years. Alongside introducing the responsibility of the producer, schemes have been established for collection and treatment of individual types of waste along with companies that ensure the proper management of such waste. Since June 2009, only treated waste may be landfilled, and landfill site operators are obliged to provide financial guarantees to the local authority. Waste incineration is conducted at three sites, two of which generate energy. A small plant for heat treatment of municipal waste is undergoing trial operation – and there are plans for two further facilities. Electronic reporting is being introduced, and this should allow easier tracing of waste.

Trends in waste generation

From 2002 to 2008 the quantity of all waste generated rose by 55 %. In 2008 a total of slightly more than 7 million tonnes of waste were generated. Of this, 919,805 tonnes were municipal waste, 5,960,453 tonnes were waste from production and service activities and 153,939 tonnes were hazardous waste. (OD07)

The quantity of municipal waste generated in Slovenia is growing, and in 2008 amounted to as much as 453 kg per person (OD01). The quantity of packaging waste is also growing; in 2007 there were 212,084 tonnes of waste packaging generated, or 105 kg of per person, 31 % more than in 2004. (OD13)

In 2006 2947 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were generated. The total from households was 1185 tonnes and from industry and the private sector 1762 tonnes. A total of 967 tonnes of this waste were processed in Slovenia, while the remainder was exported.