Serbia processes less than four percent of waste

In 2018, the average of generated waste in 28 countries of the European Union was 5.1 tons per capita. In Serbia, each citizen “produced” significantly more, on average 7.3 tons, but again less than Bulgaria (18.5 tons) or Romania (10.4) while less than us in terms of waste generated annually in Slovenia (four tons), Hungary (1.9 tons) and Croatia (1.4 tons).
As a consolation, the quantities of waste per capita are increasing in most countries, but the lowest growth has been recorded in Serbia and Croatia. These are data from the publication “Statistics and Environmental Accounts” published by the Republic Statistical Office, which in cooperation with Eurostat, within the implementation of IPA 2017, has been collecting comparable data in this area for several years.
The numbers related to treated waste are also interesting, so the average for the EU is about 4.9 tons per capita, with 49.4 percent of the total amount of waste treated being reused, and the remaining 50.6 percent disposed of.
Among the countries in the region, Slovenia, with a share of reused waste of about 93 percent, is far above the European average, as is Hungary, with about 69 percent.
Croatia, with about 56 percent, is slightly above the average of EU countries, while it is far below Serbia with about four percent, but also Romania with 3.5 percent, and Bulgaria, with 2.9 percent.
In Serbia, out of a total of 66.6 million tons of waste produced, only two million come from households, while the amount of 53.8 million tons was accumulated by the mining sector.
The part of the publication “Water Statistics” states that in 2018, with 5.6 billion cubic meters of abstracted water, Serbia was in second place, behind Romania, and ahead of Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia.
The largest quantities of water were used for the production and supply of electricity, as much as 76.8 percent, while households used a total of six percent.
At the same time, Serbia has a problem with the treatment of wastewater, so in the household sector, only 12.9 percent of the discharged quantities are treated.
Hungary has better results (with 80.4 percent), followed by Slovenia (68.9 percent), Bulgaria (63.7 percent), Romania (48.1 percent) and Croatia (36.9 percent), Danas reports.