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The indicator shows the share of material recovered and fed back into the economy – and thus saving extraction of primary raw materials – in overall material use.
The circular material use rate (CMUR) in Slovenia has increased slowly in recent years, with some fluctuation. The CMUR increased from 5.9% in 2010 to 8.8% in 2023. A drop after 2020 was mainly influenced by a smaller amount of waste being recycled and a .
Slovenia has a higher level of consumption of non-metallic minerals than other EU Member States, mainly due to construction activities. It is expected that the planned implementation of major construction projects, such as the construction of railway infrastructure and the road connection network known as the third development axis, will weigh on resource productivity growth in .
and several instruments, to support capacity building and networking and the financial support programme for start-ups and micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in their strategic sustainable and , are contributing to increasing the CMUR.
References and footnotes
- ↵Statistical Office, ‘Circular economy indicators, 2022 – Less greenhouse gas emissions from production activities per capita’, Statistical Office website, 5 March 2024, accessed 26 June 2025, https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/12714.
- ↵Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, Development Report 2024, Ljubljana, 2024, accessed 26 June 2025, https://www.umar.gov.si/en/publications/development-report/publication/development-report-2024-1.
- ↵Government of Slovenia, Resolucija o Nacionalnem programu varstva okolja za obdobje 2020–2030 (ReNPVO20–30), 5 March 2020, accessed 26 June 2025, https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?id=ODLO1985.
- ↵Climate KIC, ‘Circular Slovenia: Systems innovation for the transition to a circular, regenerative and low-carbon economy’, Climate KIC website, accessed 26 June 2025, https://www.climate-kic.org/circularslovenia-2-2/.
- ↵Spirit Slovenia, ‘Javni razpis – Podpora zagonskim, mikro, malim in srednjim podjetjem pri strateški trajnostni in krožni transformaciji poslovanja v letih 2022-2025 (kratica JR STKTP NOO 2022–2025)’, Spirit Slovenia website, accessed 26 June 2025, https://www.spiritslovenia.si/razpis/391.