Stojan Jakin — Vrhnika

Mayor

Stojan Jakin — Vrhnika

Mayor

About the speaker

In a country that until 2001 had no national targets for separate collection of waste, the case of the small municipality of Vrhnika in Slovenia shows how a community can make strides towards a Zero Waste objective in a short time. Without the tradition of recycling boasted by many Western European nations, this area of 18,000 inhabitants has leapfrogged the recycling rates of many better-established programmes around Europe, reaching over 76 % separate collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2014 and aiming to reach 82% in the next 5 years.

More information: Vrhnika Slovenian Trailblazers

Speech

Policies on local level

10:00 - 12:30