Slovenia Not Implementing Waste Strategies, Expert Says

Ljubljana, 19 January - Waste management can be an opportunity for new jobs and a challenge instead of a problem, but Slovenia is not implementing the relevant strategies, waste management expert Marinka Vovk told the press on Thursday, adding that this was also the reason why the quantity of mixed municipal waste is not decreasing as it should.

Ljubljana Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements (left), Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism (centre) and Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga (right) speak to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements (left), Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism (centre) and Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga (right) speak to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism speaks to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements (left), Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism (centre) and Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga (right) speak to the press about waste management in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Karel Lipič of the Slovenian Association of Environmental Movements (left), Marinka Vovk of the EKO-TCE technology centre for applied environmentalism (centre) and Igor Petek of Ljubljana's utility Snaga (right) speak to the press about waste management in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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