Quantities of hazardous waste are increasing. As hazardous waste contains substances harmful to the environment, it has to be collected, recovered or deposited separate from other waste. In 2009, 99.3 thousand tonnes of hazardous waste was generated, which was a 47% increase from 2002, while on the other hand, it was a 36% decrease from 2008, which was the year in which, due to extraordinary events, the largest quantities  of hazardous waste in recent years were generated. 47% of hazardous waste was recovered and 53% deposited in 2009.

Domestic material consumption amounted to almost 29 million tonnes (13,5 million tonnes per capita) in 2019 and was 5,46 % lower than in 2018. The amount of biomass utilized decreased by 2,68 % compared to 2018, also  the amount of mineral resources exploitation by 7,36 %, and the amount of used fossil energy  by 2,54 % compared to 2018. In 2019, the import to Slovenia was 3,71 million tonnes higher than the export from Slovenia.

The amount of packaging waste has stabilized in recent years at about 100 kg per capita per year. In 2014, every resident of Slovenia produced 102 kg of packaging waste, which is a few kilos more than in the four preceeding years.

Recovery of packaging waste has been increasing and in 2014 stood at 88%. Recycling is also increasing and in 2014 it reached 70%. Slovenia has reached the EU target – to reuse at least 55% of all packaging materials by the end of 2012.