All Waste

 

Car Tyre

Place of disposal:
illegal dump along Obvozna cesta, Ljubljana

Final location:
Ljubljansko barje

After the call to the municipal environmental inspectorate, the Vo-Ka Snaga company was ordered to clean up the site. The tracking device last registered its location at Ljubljansko barje, most probably at the Barje collection centre.

Doll

Place of disposal:
Plinarniška collection centre, Maribor

The tracking device stopped emitting a signal before the waste item was transported from the place of disposal. The Maribor Public Holding company, majority shareholder of the Maribor Snaga, explained that the item most probably ended up in the waste sorting centre. On this occasion, they also warned us that the battery of the tracking device could have caused a fire in the sorting centre during the crushing of materials, therefore disposal of items containing batteries in mixed waste is irresponsible. 

Laundry Detergent

Place of disposal:
hard plastic container, Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

Final location:
Salomon, Lenart in Slovenske gorice

The packaging arrived at the facility of the Salomon company where waste is sorted and some of the items are forwarded for recycling. The part of packaging unsuited for recycling is used to produce hard fuel from waste that is used in cement plants instead of coal and petroleum products.

 

Vacuum Cleaner

Place of disposal:
TSD collection centre, Maribor

At the time of publication, the vacuum cleaner was still at the TSD collection centre. There, they told Oštro that they have not yet decided on whether it was suitable for reuse.

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Television Set

Place of disposal:
Electronic waste container, Žalec collection centre

Final location:
Surovina company’s facility, Maribor

The business unit of Surovina for collecting electronic equipment waste is located on Lahova ulica in Maribor. The company explained that such waste is first disassembled, after which individual parts are sent to final processing.

Coat

Place of disposal:
mixed communal waste container, Novo mesto collection centre

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

Motorcycle Battery

Place of disposal:
landfill for batteries, Bukovžlak collection centre

Final location:
facility of company MPI Reciklaža, Črna na Koroškem

At MPI Reciklaža, majority owned by the car battery producer TAB, they recycle used car batteries. Recycled plastic is produced from their housing, while the lead parts are melted and processed into lead bars.

Insecticide

Place of disposal:
special waste container, Vrhnika collection centre

Intermediate location:
hazardous waste management centre Saubermacher, Kidričevo

Final location:
Arnoldstein, Austrija

The hazardous waste collected by the Vrhnika Public Utility Company is transferred to the Saubermacher company where they told Oštro that it is collected by its facility in Kidričevo and then sent abroad to be incinerated. Most probably, the packaging was eventually incinerated by ABRG company in Arnoldstein, Austria.

Sneakers

Place of disposal:
mixed communal waste container, Vrhnika collection centre

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal

Electronic Candle

Place of disposal:
candles’ container, Žale cemetery, Ljubljana

Final location:
Plastkom, Jesenice

The candle arrived to the Plastkom company, where the electronic batteries are separated from the housing, and the latter are transferred to the transferee that either recycles them or sends them to an incinerating facility, depending on the material.

 Plastic Bag

Place of disposal:
packaging waste bin, Citypark shopping centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal..

Yoghurt

Place of disposal:
packaging waste bin, Petrol gas station, Kozina

Intermediate location:
waste management centre Sežana

Final location:
waste management centre Kostak, Krško

The empty yoghurt bottle was dumped into a packaging waste bin in front of Petrol’s gas station where it was mixed with other communal waste that was transported by a public utility company to the waste management centre in Sežana. There, the mixed communal waste was taken over by the Kostak company, which is in charge of a Krško-based facility for waste processing..

Tin of Bean Stew

Place of disposal:
packaging waste bin, Europark shopping centre, Maribor

The tracking device stopped emitting its signal before we detected a move from the place of disposal.a.

Broken Vase

Place of disposal:
glass waste container, Zoisova cesta, Ljubljana

Final location
Ljubljansko barje

The tracking device registered a move of the waste item to Ljubljansko barje, most probably to the Barje collection centre where it stopped emitting the signal.

Toy Cashier

Place of disposal:
residual waste container, Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

Drain Cleaner Packaging

Place of disposal:
collection facility for hazardous household waste, Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

 

Jeans

Place of disposal:
damaged textile container, Marija Vera primary school, Kamnik

Final location:
Humana, Ljubljana

The jeans arrived at the Humana warehouse where it was waiting to be transported to one of the sorting facilities abroad. In Europe, they are most often sold to Slovakia and Bulgaria, or else sent to north Africa.

Laptop

Place of disposal:
electronic waste container, Povšetova collection centre, Ljubljana

Final location:
Ljubljansko barje

The tracking device detected a move to Ljubljansko barje, most probably to the Barje collection centre, where the device stopped emitting its signal.

Electronic Candle

Place of disposal:
candles’ container, Bohinjska Bistrica cemetery

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

Car Tyre

Place of disposal:
GET inženiring, Ribče

At the time of publication, the tyre was still at GET inženiring’s collection centre.

 

Talking Teddy-Bear

Place of disposal:
residual waste container, Postojna collection centre

Final location:
Ekogor communal waste management centre, Jesenice

Ekogor sorts waste items by size. Metal parts are removed from items larger than eight centimetres, such as Oštro’s teddy-bear, while the rest is transferred to transferee companies for the production of thermal energy.

Glass

Place of disposal:
glass packaging container, Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

Cleaning Product

Place of disposal:
packaging waste bin, Komenskega ulica, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

Backpack

Place of disposal:
Damaged textile container, Dolga ulica, Moravske Toplice

Intermediate location:
West Hungary Textil, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

Final location:
port, Rijeka, Croatia

Via Hungary the torn backpack arrived in the port of Rijeka after which we lost the connection to the tracking device. It is most probably destined for export to a developing country.

Laundry Detergent

Place of disposal:
waste bin, Tomšičeva ulica, Slovenj Gradec

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal

 

Piece of Asbestos Roof Covering

Place of disposal:
landfill for asbestos waste, Vrhnika collection centre

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.a.

Tracking Device

Place of disposal:
mixed waste bin, Resljeva cesta, Ljubljana

Final location:
Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.

 

Piece of Asbestos Roof Covering

Place of disposal:
landfill for asbestos waste, Barje collection centre, Ljubljana

The tracking device did not detect a move from the area of Ljubljansko barje. The public utility company Vo-Ka Snaga deposits asbestos roof covering from the Barje collection centre at a landfill that lies only a few hundred metres away.

Mineral Water Plastic Bottle

Place of disposal:
packaging container, Na Kresu, Železniki

Final location:
Draga collection centre
The plastic bottle arrived to the collection center of the Public Utility Company Škofja Loka in  the village of Draga, where the tracking device’s battery ran out.

Laundry Detergent

Place of disposal:
packaging container at Zoisova cesta, Ljubljana

The tracking device stopped emitting the signal before it was moved from the place of disposal.


 

Types of Waste

 

PACKAGING

TEXTILE

ELECTRONICS

BULKY WASTE

CANDLES

GLASS

 

 

Authors

Editor-in-Chief:
Anuška Delić

Authors
Anuška Delić, Katarina Bulatović,
Maja Čakarić, Žana Erznožnik,
Klara Škrinjar, Matej Zwitter

Creative Redesign of Waste
Neža Dali Novak

Photography and Video
Matej Povše, Oštro

Design:
Studio Mashoni

Project Supported By:
Fritt Ord (via OCCRP)
The Pulitzer Center