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The export of waste from Slovenia has been increasing sharply in recent years; since 2009 (after the peak in 2008), the increase has been more than threefold. In 2018, slightly less than 400 thousand tonnes of waste was exported, mostly to Austria and Hungary. The import of waste has been rather stable. In 2018, around 90 thousand tonnes of waste was imported.


This indicator shows the annual quantity of hazardous or non-hazardous waste exported from and imported to Slovenia, for which approval must be obtained. The terms 'export' and 'import' are used for transboundary shipments of waste regardless of whether or not they concern shipments within or outside the European Union.

Transboundary shipping of waste is governed by the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia – International Agreements, Nos. 15/93, 2/00 and 23/04), and Regulation (EC) No. 1013/06 on shipments of waste (OJ L, No. 190/06). The Regulation implements the Basel Convention, the OECD Council Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes, and the Lomé Convention.

Import of waste to Slovenia for the purpose of depositing into or onto land is prohibited. This is only allowed when such waste will be safely recovered and disposed of in some other manner and when sufficient technical capacities are available. Export of waste from Slovenia for disposal purposes is only allowed when sufficient technical capacities and facilities required for harmless disposal are not available in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia or when such export is not in conflict with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1013/06.


Charts

Figure OD04-1: The quantity of waste imported to and exported from Slovenia
Sources:

Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Inspectorate of environment and spatial planning, 2020 

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import[1000 t] export[1000 t]
1995 22.12 1.55
1996 21.41 5.53
1997 19.51 2.14
1998 13.36 3.17
1999 18.44 2.96
2000 22.33 4.70
2001 20.50 7.89
2002 20.89 10.73
2003 23.19 14.69
2004 25.60 18.40
2005 23.10 24.90
2006 22.90 39.80
2007 27.40 69.70
2008 22.13 102.66
2009 27.53 76.76
2010 38.01 103.69
2011 41.28 115.48
2012 37.29 178.38
2013 34.31 191.76
2014 37.45 228.25
2015 40.58 237.71
2016 36.98 246.78
2017 49.40 319.49
2018 88.93 389.42
Figure OD04-2: The amount of exported waste from Slovenia regarding the country of waste import
Sources:

Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Inspectorate of environment and spatial planning, 2020 

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2007[t] 2007[%] 2008[t] 2008[%] 2009[t] 2009[%] 2010[t] 2010[%] 2011[t] 2011[%] 2012[t] 2012[%] 2013[t] 2013[%] 2014[t] 2014[%] 2015[t] 2015[%] 2016[t] 2016[%] 2017[t] 2017[%] 2018[t] 2018[%]
Austria 29325.70 42.08 35323.11 34.42 22520.58 29.34 27437.14 26.43 51115.00 44.61 87447.07 49.02 90558.18 47.23 113621.16 49.76 109984.70 46.26 130352.31 52.82 143244.52 44.84 131258.86 33.71
Germany 26194.72 37.59 24089.09 23.47 6161.24 8.03 10018.20 9.65 16198.89 14.14 18859.82 10.57 17634.84 9.20 18297.38 8.01 20010.85 8.42 12889.90 5.22 11592.78 3.63 12736.17 3.27
Hungary 13299.21 19.08 18946.08 18.46 23752.07 30.94 28289.23 27.26 37119.78 32.40 56118.99 31.46 67710.47 35.31 85395.82 37.40 94308.73 39.67 84030.50 34.05 133900.73 41.91 188808.67 48.48
Croatia 16715.71 16.29 14627.40 19.06 28510.52 27.47 1886.20 1.65 0 0 0 2337.10 0.98 4022.06 1.63 1712.73 0.54 5172.31 1.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3390.42 3.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 2820.43 0.88 15098.22 3.88
Serbia 2815.69 2.74 2447.01 3.19 3582.06 3.45 1751.80 1.53 1651.42 0.93 0 0 0
Poland 763.12 1.10 1269.28 1.24 7191.52 9.37 5724.88 5.52 5903.52 5.15 5790.43 3.25 6530.53 3.41 9073.93 3.97 10258.53 4.32 10649.89 4.32 13577.74 4.25 12598.82 3.24
France 80.39 0.12 61.74 0.08 42.62 0.04 1175.00 0.15 43.09 0.02 96.24 0.05 138.50 0.06 0 299.73 0.12 371.05 0.12 297.62 0.08
Romania 25.02 0.04 73.59 0.07 0 0 185.72 0.10 0 0 0
Italy 187.19 0.18 401.47 0.35 612.06 0.34 312.46 0.16 510.73 0.22 659.58 0.28 737.04 0.30 823.79 0.26 6103.81 1.57
Sweden 53.61 0.03 0 0 0
Slovakia 7619.45 4.27 8843.30 4.61 1286.83 0.56 0 3753.60 1.52 11446.36 3.58 17348.82 4.46
Bulgaria 0 70.72 0.04 0 0 49.42 0.02
Czechie 178.10 0.07
Figure OD04-3: The amount of imported waste to Slovenia regarding the country of waste export
Sources:

Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2020 (26. 05. 2021)

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2007[t] 2007[%] 2008[t] 2008[%] 2009[t] 2009[%] 2010[t] 2010[%] 2011[t] 2011[%] 2012[t] 2012[%] 2013[t] 2013[%] 2014[t] 2014[%] 2015[t] 2015[%] 2016[t] 2016[%] 2017[t] 2017[%] 2018[t] 2018[%]
Hungary 13072.61 47.73 8967.90 40.52 9214.54 33.47 10131.12 26.65 6642.05 16.09 7403.43 19.85 7480.34 21.80 8850.16 23.63 9762.55 24.06 5503.42 14.88 4762.17 9.64 3751.64 4.22
Croatia 7531.01 27.49 5562.53 25.13 4753.92 17.27 6361.73 16.74 5963.68 14.50 5532.08 14.84 5171.80 15.07 4951.75 13.22 3140.69 7.74 2145.90 5.80 3854.65 7.80 4019.40 4.52
Montenegro 0 0 2155.13 9.74 1451.78 5.27 1446.76 3.81 1589.92 3.85 1648.33 4.42 1588.63 4.63 2102.32 5.61 1479.36 3.65 1401.75 3.79 679.89 1.38 513.79 0.58
Italy 738.68 2.70 1673.83 7.56 6477.00 23.52 12219.70 32.15 16795.52 40.69 14798.56 39.68 11414.10 33.27 8763.81 23.40 10295.56 25.37 14396.07 38.93 25453.75 51.52 62202.59 69.95
Macedonia 2018.85 7.37 1591.81 7.19 1189.60 4.32 1402.84 3.69 1274.05 3.09 734.80 1.97 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3656.78 13.35 1280.19 5.78 2069.08 7.51 1993.89 5.25 3272.98 7.93 2651.20 7.11 3410.06 9.94 4717.23 12.60 5436.14 13.40 2805.32 7.59 3328.45 6.74 2895.55 3.26
Germany 373.42 1.36 811.76 3.67 2284.94 8.30 1369.79 3.60 1655.71 4.01 1459.83 3.91 1486.36 4.33 1530.94 4.09 1857.57 4.58 2574.68 6.96 2817.17 5.70 4765.07 5.36
Sweden 0 0 91.47 0.41 92.94 0.34 85.46 0.22 94.69 0.32 228.17 0.61 223.53 0.65 114.98 0.31 183.91 0.45 136.96 0.37 138.86 0.28 140.31 0.16
Austria 0 0 3992.92 9.67 2833.78 7.60 2465.12 7.18 0 637.11 1.57 1786.15 4.83 4247.69 8.60 5060.52 5.69
France 0 0 0 639.69 1.86 0 0 673.20 1.36 941.56 1.06
Serbia 0 0 0 69.64 0.20 4583.04 12.24 5898.86 14.54 4407.20 11.92 2718.83 5.50 3420.02 3.85
Netherlands 0 0 0 361.86 1.05 1312.87 3.51 1629.89 4.02 1757.96 4.75 342.55 0.69 1124.56 1.26
Belgium 188 0.50 0
Spain 330.78 0.88 253.49 0.62
Poland 61.23 0.17 385.99 0.78 92.35 0.10
Figure OD04-4: Waste treatment of imported and exported waste from Slovenia
Sources:

Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Inspectorate of environment and spatial planning, 2020 

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IMPORT - recovery[t] IMPORT - recovery[%] IMPORT - disposal[t] IMPORT - disposal[%] EXPORT - recovery[t] EXPORT - recovery[%] EXPORT - disposal[t] EXPORT - disposal[%]
2007 27391.35 100 0 0 54164.68 77.72 15523.47 22.28
2008 22134.62 100 0 0 72843.85 70.98 29779.11 29.02
2009 27534.05 100 0 0 61142.59 79.65 15618.97 20.35
2010 38011.43 100 0 0 84946.23 81.84 18845.62 18.16
2011 41281.52 100 0 0 90939.15 79.37 23635.95 20.63
2012 37290.18 100 0 0 148143.97 83.05 30237.69 16.95
2013 34311.13 100 0 0 157659.38 82.22 34097.36 17.78
2014 37445.87 100 0 0 182800.13 80.06 45524.22 19.94
2015 40575.12 100 0 0 200011.73 84.08 37866.65 15.92
2016 36707.79 99.27 268.84 0.73 206862.84 83.82 39921 16.18
2017 48932.45 99.05 470.74 0.95 285043.08 89.22 34447.06 10.78
2018 88474.13 99.49 453.22 0.51 359180.70 92.23 30242.60 7.77

Goals

·         To ensure Slovenia’s recovery capacities and capacities for disposal – the principle of self-sufficiency;

·         to properly monitor the shipping of waste, including the certificate on final recovery or disposal of waste;

·         to ensure a high level of environmental protection and protection of human health;

·         to limit the transboundary shipment of waste to a minimum level that still enables environmentally sound waste management;

·         to ensure that waste is recovered and disposed of in an environmentally sound manner and as close as possible to its place of origin and to give resource recovery priority over disposal;

·         to limit generation of hazardous waste to the lowest possible level (in terms of quantity as well as level of harmfulness);

·         to prevent illegal shipments of waste;

·         to ensure final disposal and recovery of hazardous waste, and to use infrastructure within the EU when national facilities are insufficient or non-existent.

 


Methodology

The objectives have been taken from the Operational Programme on waste deposition aiming at the reduction of deposited quantities of biodegradable waste (Novelation of March 2008, pages 39 and 40), the National Environmental Action Plan 2005-2012 (Chapter 4.4.1) and the Basel Convention.

The data have been collected on the basis of the legislation in force, i.e. the Basle Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia – International Agreements, Nos. 15/93, 2/00 and 23/04) and the EU legislation. EU Legislation was modified in 2006.

Regulation (EC) No. 259/93 was replaced by Regulation (EC) No. 1013/06 which became effective in mid 2007. Also implemented was Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1418/07 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No. 1013/06 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply.

Wastes which require approval for import or export are, according to the Act Ratifying the Basle Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia – International Agreements, Nos. 15/93, 2/00 and 23/04) – defined as wastes that belong to any category contained in Annex I to the Basle Convention, unless they do not have any of the characteristics contained in Annex III to the Basle Convention (show no hazardous properties), and – wastes that are not covered under the first paragraph (show no hazardous properties), but are defined as, or are considered to be, hazardous waste by the domestic legislation of the country of export, import or transit. This means that, considering the provisions of the Basle Convention and of Regulation (EC) 1013/2006, these can also be wastes which do not show any hazardous properties, but approval is required for their transboundary movement, for example if a country desires stricter control over deliveries of paper, glass, tyres or similar.

Any waste treatment facility in the country of importation that recovers or disposes of wastes for which it has obtained all the necessary approvals for import, transit or export of waste is obliged to present to the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, to the competent body in the country of importation and in the country of transit, and to the supplier of wastes, a certificate of their disposal or recovery no later than within one year from the receipt of the shipment if the waste is subject to final procedures, or within two years from the receipt of shipment if the waste is subject to intermediary procedures of disposal/recovery. The form to be completed shows the date of shipment, delivery and receipt of waste by the provider of disposal or recovery, and the date of actual disposal/recovery of such waste, as well as the quantities of transported, delivered, received and disposed/recovered waste.

The data from transportation papers on the executed disposal/recovery of waste are entered into the database of transboundary shipments of wastes in which all issued approvals are also recorded. These data then constitute the basis for records on actually imported and exported quantities of waste under each issued approval, and for reporting to the Secretariat of the Basle Convention in accordance with its Articles 13 and 16, and to the European Commission in accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006. Data on permitted transboundary shipments of waste acquired by such procedure is reliable and accurate.

Other sources and literature:
- EARS, 2008. Reports under the Basle Convention.
- MESP, 2008. Operational Programme on Waste Deposition.
- EEA (ETC/RWM), 2008. Transboundary shipments of waste in the EU (Developments 1995 – 2005 and possible drivers; Technical report 2008/1).
- IMPEL-TFS, 2006. IMPEL-TFS verification - 2 Project report: Is what you see, what you get?

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