Professional paper
Development of separate collecting and recycling of PET packaging waste in the Republic of Croatia
Sanja RADOVIĆ
; Ministry of Enviromental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction
Zlatko MIALNOVIĆ
; ZGOS d.o.o., Zagreb
Abstract
During the 1990s, in the Republic of Croatia a very unfavorable
change took place in the structure of packaging a shift from
rechargeable to non-rechargeable bulk packaging. The problem of
managing packaging waste was long neglected and the social and
state support to improve the situation was not forthcoming. At the
same time, the manufacturers, namely, companies that profited from the change of the structure of packaging towards non-rechargeable and voluminous kind pursued their interests.
The current situation in the field of PET packaging waste management
in Croatia is very bad, because such waste is mostly
dumped into landfills. The duty of every modern state in the area of
waste management is the setting up of the of the system. That duty
arises from accepted international conventions and guidelines. The
latest insights show that it is possible to profitably recycle PET in
Croatia. In the process, we must try to adjust the costs and benefits
of separate collection and recycling. It is a dynamic process that
leads to the expansion of material recycling of PET in Croatia.
Keywords
packaging waste; waste management; PET; recycling
Hrčak ID:
6032
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2004.
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