KAZALCI OKOLJA

Key message
Neutral

Various measures have been taken that waste is destined for recovery, giving priority to recycling and preparation for reuse. Data on waste generation and management is being collected to monitor their implementation.

In Slovenia, just over 1 million tonnes of municipal waste were generated in 2022, which is 5 % more than the previous year, of which 73 % was collected separately. Almost a third of the generated municipal waste was packaging waste. In 2022, more than 300.000 tonnes of packaging waste were generated in Slovenia, of which almost one fifth was plastic packaging waste.

In 2022, almost 1.4 million tons of non-hazardous construction waste (excluding waste with code 17 05 04 and 17 05 06) were generated, which is 2 % more than in 2021. In 2022, 94.4 % of all non-hazardous construction waste generated (excluding waste with code 17 05 04 and 17 05 06) was reused, recycled or otherwise materially recovered (backfilling or deposit into / on to land).


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Figure OD33-1: Mass (in 1,000 tons) of generated, separately collected and recycled (including ready for reuse) municipal waste, Slovenia
Sources:

Statistical office (administrative source: ARSO), Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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generated[1.000t] collected separately[1.000t] recycled (including ready for reuse)[1.000t]
2019 1052.26 762.94 623.47
2020 1024.08 739.46 606.77
2021 1077.14 795.13 655.08
2022 1033.17 751.65 513.35
Figure OD33-2: Share (in %) of recycled (including ready for reuse) municipal waste from generated municipal waste, Slovenia
Sources:

Statistical office (administrative source: ARSO), Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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Municipal waste recycling rate [% of generated municipal waste][%]
2019 59.20
2020 59.30
2021 60.80
2022 49.70
Figure OD33-3: Mass (in 1,000 tons) of generated, recycled and recovered (including energetically processed and recycled) waste packaging and the share (in %) of recycled and recovered (including energetically processed and recycled) waste packaging from the generated waste packaging, Slovenia
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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generated[t] recycled[t] processed (including recycled and energy processed)[t] the proportion of recycled from generated[%] share of processed (incl. energy processing) since created[%]
2019 245250 164546 196261 67.10 80
2020 248415 168609 211481 67.90 85.10
2021 282463 155794 198440 55.20 70.30
2022 300169 187891 230325 62.60 76.70
Figure OD33-4: Mass (in tons) of generated and recycled waste plastic packaging and share (in %) of recycled waste plastic packaging from the generated waste plastic packaging, Slovenia
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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generated[t] recycled[t] the proportion of recycled from generated[%]
2021 55283 27621 50
2022 56764 28912 50.90
Figure OD33-5: Mass (in 1,000 tons) of generated, recycled (including ready for reuse) and materially recovered non-hazardous construction waste and the share (in %) of recycled (including ready-for-reuse) and materially recovered non-hazardous construction waste from the generated non-hazardous construction waste, Slovenia
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

Note:

Opomba: V skladu z evropsko metodologijo v izračun niso vključene količine zemlje in kamenja (odpadki s številko 17 05 04), izkopanih med gradbenimi deli.

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generated[t] recycled (including ready-to-reuse) and materially processed (including backfilling)[t] recycled (including ready-to-reuse) and materially processed (including backfilling)[%]
2019 1203811 1190241 98.90
2020 1038164 880651 84.80
2021 1346742 1217179 90.40
2022 1379541 1301682 94.40
Figure OD33-6: Shares (in %) of recovered waste electrical and electronic equipment from separately collected waste electrical and electronic equipment by individual classes, Slovenia
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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temperature exchange equipment and large equipment[%] screens, monitors, and equipment containing screens[%] small equipment and 6. small IT and telecommunications equipment[%]
2020 93.90 107.80 88
2021 94 113.80 92.80
2022 93 86.10 88
Figure OD33-7: Shares (in %) of recycled waste electrical and electronic equipment (including preparing for reuse) from separately collected waste electrical and electronic equipment by individual classes of electrical and electronic equipment, Slovenia
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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temperature exchange equipment and large equipment[%] screens, monitors, and equipment containing screens[%] small equipment and small IT and telecommunications equipment[%]
2020 84.30 102.50 81.10
2021 85 103.30 85
2022 79.60 85.40 81.70
Figure OD33-8: Mass (in tons) of collected end-of-life vehicles, mass of recoverd and recycled (including reused) components of end-of-life vehicles and environmental goals achieved in the handling of end-of-life vehicles, Slovenia, 2022
Sources:

Slovenian Environment Agency (2024)

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collected end-of-life vehicles[t] reuse and recycling[t] reuse and recovery[t] reuse and recycling[%] reuse and recovery[%]
2022 8739 7580 8140 87 93
Figure OD33-9: Share (in %) of recycled (including ready for reuse) municipal waste from generated municipal waste, EU, 2022
Sources:

Eurostat ((1) Eurostat estimate, (2) temporary data, (3) no data, (4) estimate) (2024)

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2022[%]
EU (1) 48.70
Germany (2) 69.20
Austria 62.60
Slovenia 62.60
Netherlands (2) 57.50
Belgium 54.70
Luxembourg 54.60
Italy 53.30
Latvia 50.80
Slovakia 49.50
Lithuania 48.40
Denmark 45.70
Finland 43.70
Czechia 43.30
France (4) 41.20
Poland 40.90
Sweden 39.70
Spain (2) 38.60
Croatia 34.20
Estonia 33.20
Hungary 32.80
Portugal 30.20
Bulgaria 24.60
Cyprus (2) 14.80
Malta 12.50
Romania 12.30
Greece (3)
Ireland (3)
Figure OD33-10: Share (in %) of recycled packaging waste from packaging waste generated, EU, 2022
Sources:

Eurostat ((1) Eurostat estimate, (2) different definition, (3) no data) (2024)

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Share of WEEE collected (% of EEE placed on the market in the previous three years)[%] Target 55%[%] Target 2025:65%[%]
EU 65.40 55 65
Belgium 80.40 55 65
Netherlands 75.20 55 65
Finland 73.50 55 65
Estonia 73 55 65
Slovakia (2) 72.20 55 65
Italy 71.90 55 65
Cyprus 69.50 55 65
Spain 69.40 55 65
Germany 68.50 55 65
France 67.20 55 65
Sweden 66.90 55 65
Austria 66.20 55 65
Denmark 64.90 55 65
Luxembourg 63.70 55 65
Slovenia 62.60 55 65
Ireland 61.70 55 65
Portugal 61.10 55 65
Latvia 60.80 55 65
Lithuania 58.30 55 65
Bulgaria 58.30 55 65
Croatia 52.40 55 65
Hungary 44.60 55 65
Greece 43.40 55 65
Malta 31.80 55 65
Czechia (3) 55 65
Poland (3) 55 65
Romania (3) 55 65

Methodology

Other sources and literature

- Operativni program varstva okolja s področja odpadkov, 2022.


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