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In the last decade (2012–2021), on average around 135,000 tons of hazardous waste was generated annually in Slovenia. This waste accounted for 1% to 3% of all generated waste in Slovenia. Since they contain substances harmful to the environment and health, they must be collected, recovered or disposed of separately from other waste.

In the last decade (2012–2021) each resident of Slovenia annually discards on average around 3.5 kg of hazardous municipal waste, of which the majority in waste electrical and electronic equipment (63%).

Due to insufficient domestic capacities for final treatment and the need for special treatment technologies, in the last decade (2012–2021), on average 61,400 tons of hazardous waste was exported for final treatment processes, mainly to EU countries.


The indicator shows the quantity of generated hazardous waste and the manners of treatment of hazardous waste.

Hazardous waste has one or more hazardous characteristics which are harmful to health and/or the environment (e.g. flammability, irritancy, toxicity, mutagenicity, oxidizing properties, infectivity, etc.). Mandatory management of hazardous waste is specified in the Decree on waste management (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 34/08). The Annex to the Decree contains a list of hazardous waste including the list of properties due to which such waste is classified as hazardous.

Hazardous waste is generated by two main sources:

- manufacturing and service activities where hazardous waste must be handed over and waste generators are responsible for correct classification and marking of waste;

- households where hazardous waste can be delivered to collection facilities operated by local public utitlity services responsible for collection and transportation of municipal waste or handed over twice a year during the collection of hazardous waste from households. Generators from households can also hand over certain types of hazardous waste to distributors (small portable batteries, car batteries, electric or electronic equipment, etc.).


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Figure OD03-1: Hazardous waste generated, Slovenia
Sources: 

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (administrative source: Slovenian Environment Agency) (2022)

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Hazardous waste - TOTAL[1000 t]Hazardous municipal waste[1000 t]Hazardous non municipal waste[1000 t]
2012120.795.04115.75
2013119.105.16113.94
2014146.886.79140.09
2015145.587.90137.68
2016119.916.80113.10
2017132.746.68126.06
2018139.736.67133.06
2019145.697.75137.94
2020138.307.38130.92
2021140.107.55132.55
Figure OD03-2: Types of hazardous waste generated, Slovenia
Sources: 

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (administrative source: Slovenian Environment Agency) (2022)

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Other hazardous waste[%]

Other hazardous waste[t]

Construciton and demolition waste (incl. excavated soils)[%]

Construciton and demolition waste (incl. excavated soils)[t]

Oil waste (except edible oils)[%]

Oil waste (except edible oils)[t]

Waste from waste management facilities and off-site waste water treatment plants[%]

Waste from waste management facilities and off-site waste water treatment plants[t]

Slag, bottom ash and waste from flue-gas treatment[%]

Slag, bottom ash and waste from flue-gas treatment[t]

Waste machinery, end-of-life vehicles and WEEE (incl. batteries and accumulators)[%]

Waste machinery, end-of-life vehicles and WEEE (incl. batteries and accumulators)[t]

Waste solvents[%]

Waste solvents[t]

Waste chemical substances[%]

Waste chemical substances[t]

Hazardous waste - TOTAL[t]

2012

7.36

8890.46

4.16

5024.11

9.34

11279.50

26.82

32393.78

8.79

10621.87

6.15

7433.18

15.88

19175.24

21.50

25968.62

120787

2013

1.92

2292.28

1.94

2316.26

9.11

10848.58

25.62

30517.74

12.62

15029.07

9.99

11893.58

16.45

19590.27

22.34

26609.35

119097

2014

1.46

2138.96

13.23

19435.38

8.46

12432.56

23.05

33852.76

11.88

17453.89

6.92

10166.74

14.52

21329.91

20.47

30071.80

146882

2015

1.29

1879.81

8.23

11980.80

8.60

12520.03

23.32

33949.75

13.05

18994.71

7.90

11504.55

15.77

22957.68

21.84

31791.79

145579

2016

1.53

1831.65

9.43

11306.11

10.28

12324.70

2.66

3186.25

15.22

18244.08

17.62

21129.72

16.58

19876.76

26.69

32006.78

119906

2017

1.47

1946.03

8.41

11156.51

8.90

11819.17

5.37

7132.41

16.03

21283.71

19.58

25987.61

15.88

21076.89

24.36

32333.22

132736

2018

1.32

1850.30

8.06

11260.34

10.26

14334.74

7.16

10010.64

15.29

21359.62

19.49

27233.51

12.30

17191.28

26.12

36491.23

139732

2019

1.29

1880.90

8.92

12997.05

8.97

13064.34

4.20

6121.40

13.53

19706.19

21.62

31504.36

13.58

19785.24

27.89

40630.43

145690

2020

1.92

2655.82

7.41

10249.52

8.53

11796.98

4.05

5604.42

17.00

23513.84

19.95

27596.49

14.89

20588.10

26.24

36290.79

138296

2021

2.06

2886.78

11.09

15543.36

9.14

12809.81

3.33

4670.52

13.72

19223.89

17.29

24226.47

15.31

21445.16

28.05

39291.01

140097

Figure OD03-3: Import and export of hazardous waste
Sources: 

SI-STAT (2022)

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Import of hazardous waste into Slovenia[t]

Export of hazardous waste from Slovenia[t]

2012

34362

54657

2013

32264

49814

2014

38156

57504

2015

40082

54882

2016

34974

55007

2017

34517

58265

2018

34533

58789

2019

35061

84047

2020

31082

73022

2021

26883

67679

Figure OD03-4: Structure of imports of hazardous waste into the Slovenia, 2021
Sources: 

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (administrative source: Slovenian Environment Agency) (2022)

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Lead batteries and accumulators[t]Hazardous waste from waste management facilities[t]Acids[t]Slag[t]
202124504.921377.72590.41409.92
Figure OD03-5: Structure of exports of hazardous waste from Slovenia, 2021
Sources: 

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (administrative source: Slovenian Environment Agency) (2022)

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Hazardous waste from waste management facilities[t]Hazardous waste from facilities for waste management[t]WEEE (incl. batteries and accumulators)[t]Waste solvents[t]Oil waste[t]Other hazardous waste[t]
202142200.1814516.804020.122801.172446.801693.67
Figure OD03-6: Management of hazardous waste generated in Slovenia and imported into Slovenia
Sources: 

SI-STAT (2022)

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Disposal (except inicineration and landfilling)[t]

Energy recovery[t]

Inicineration[t]

Landfilling[t]

Recycling[t]

Export[t]

2012

0

4499.49

8658.44

12536.68

48005.51

54657

2013

0

2556.11

8597.13

10048.89

45193.20

49814

2014

70.31

1442.75

9966.47

10674.92

69542.72

57504

2015

0

2903.94

9986.57

11444.20

63091.26

54882

2016

0

5014.26

9887.96

10673.95

51151.83

55007

2017

0

2886.74

9962.35

12387.71

54409.33

58265

2018

0.35

4089.51

8010.24

14218.58

50253.97

58789

2019

4.06

3605.89

7529.52

12405.98

51144.60

84047

2020

0

2773.09

7143.95

11982.63

39334.80

73022

2021

0

2594.90

5527.15

11204.39

44091.75

67679

Figure OD03-7: Hazardous waste management, Slovenia, 2021
Sources: 

SI-STAT (2022)

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Export[t]RecyclingOther waste management (storage, pre-processing, etc.)[t]Disposal on landfills[t]Inicineration[t]Energy recovery[t]
20216767944091.7543592.6011204.395527.152594.90
Figure OD03-8: Share of generated hazardous waste among all generated waste in EU member states, 2020
Sources: 

Eurostat (2023)

Chart note: 

Figures for Ireland refer to 2018.


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