Slovenia 
The management of the household (HH) packaging waste in Slovenia is based on shared responsibility between local waste management companies (WMC’s) and packaging recovery organizations (PRO’s).
The collection of separately collected HH packaging waste is financed by WMC’s – they are legally and technically responsible for household packaging waste collection. PRO’s get the collected material for free from WMC’s.
The sorting and recycling of the HH packaging waste is financed by the PRO’s (according to their market share). In Slovenia there are all together 6 operating packaging recovery organizations and except Slopak are all other vertically integrated ones.
The collection, sorting and recycling of the industrial/commercial (I) packaging waste is sole financial responsibility of the PRO’s.
The obliged companies have the possibility to enter a PRO (collective scheme) or meet their obligations individually (individual scheme).
The collection network for household packaging is currently established for separate collection of paper, mixed household packaging (plastic packaging, beverage cartons, metal packaging) and glass.
Legal basis
Decree on packaging and packaging waste handling (OG RS No 84/06, 106/06, 110/07, 67/11, 68/11 – correct., 18/14 in 57/15) – entered into force 23.8.2006
EU Legal acts that were adopted by the Decree on packaging and packaging waste handling or the Decree enables the implementation of these acts:
- Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
- 97/129/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1997 establishing the identification system for packaging materials pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (Text with EEA relevance)
- Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste - Statement by the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament
- Commission Decision of 22 March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste
- Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
Environmental permit, No. 35472-148/2012-5, valid from 31.12.2012 to 15.01.2023– Permission granted by Ministry for the Environment to Slopak who is authorized to carry out the activities of waste packaging management.
Fact and figures
Data 2014
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Population |
2 mil. |
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No. of companies in system |
819 |
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Recycling/recovery |
28.789 tons (73 %) recycled 36.062 tons (92 %) recovered |
