The export of waste from Slovenia decreased in 2020, for the first time after ten years of growth. We exported around 340 thousand tonnes of waste, mainly to Austria and Hungary. The import of waste also declined for the first time in 2020, we imported around 61 thousand tonnes of waste.
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.
Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Slovenian Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning, 2022
import[1000 t] | export[1000 t] | |
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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 |
2019 | 102.02 | 384.98 |
2020 | 60.64 | 337.37 |
Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Slovenian Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning, 2022
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[%] | 2019[t] | 2019[%] | 2020[t] | 2020[%] | |
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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 | 118292.02 | 30.73 | 136412.65 | 40.43 |
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 | 12308.78 | 3.20 | 13800.95 | 4.09 |
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 | 196671.98 | 51.09 | 80967.22 | 24 |
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 | 4242.21 | 1.10 | 22219.25 | 6.59 | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3390.42 | 3.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2820.43 | 0.88 | 15098.22 | 3.88 | 16875.65 | 4.38 | 24963.33 | 7.40 | ||||||||||||
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 | 12033.32 | 3.13 | 11107.54 | 3.29 |
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 | 408.38 | 0.11 | 149.51 | 0.04 | |||
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 | 10314.46 | 2.68 | 6691.11 | 1.98 | ||||||
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 | 13092 | 3.40 | 40340.47 | 11.96 | |||||||||||
Bulgaria | 0 | 70.72 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 49.42 | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czechie | 178.10 | 0.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 66.16 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 737.62 | 0.19 | 653 | 0.19 |
Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Slovenian Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning, 2022
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[%] | 2019[t] | 2019[%] | 2020[t] | 2020[%] | |
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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 | 3129.50 | 3.07 | 1175.53 | 1.94 |
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 | 4153.94 | 4.07 | 3979.28 | 6.56 |
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 | 684.35 | 0.67 | 301.06 | 0.50 |
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 | 77887.27 | 76.35 | 37623.94 | 62.05 |
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 | 2242.69 | 2.20 | 1572.72 | 2.59 |
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 | 4461.20 | 4.37 | 4697.30 | 7.75 |
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 | 139.44 | 0.14 | 91.56 | 0.15 |
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 | 5590.43 | 5.48 | 8330.13 | 13.74 | |||||||
France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 639.69 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | 673.20 | 1.36 | 941.56 | 1.06 | 1708.58 | 1.67 | 1842.32 | 3.04 | |||||||||||||
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 | 1285.55 | 1.26 | |||||||||||
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 | 644.84 | 0.63 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 88.62 | 0.09 | 1023.17 | 1.69 |
Transboundary Shipment of Waste Database, Slovenian Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning, 2022
IMPORT - recovery[t] | IMPORT - recovery[%] | IMPORT - disposal[t] | IMPORT - disposal[%] | EXPORT - recovery[t] | EXPORT - recovery[%] | EXPORT - disposal[t] | EXPORT - disposal[%] | |
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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 |
2019 | 64638.47 | 100 | 349368.20 | 90.75 | 35608.22 | 9.25 | ||
2020 | 60370.74 | 99.56 | 266.26 | 0.44 | 306397.93 | 90.82 | 30973.26 | 9.18 |
· 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.
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?