Jože Gregorič

Project Manager

Waste management

company Snaga

Ljubljana

On our way

to sustainable society

The

public

company

Snaga

The

public

company

Snaga

Communication

In the past ten

years Snaga has

successfully

educated citizens

on how to recycle

everyday items.

Make an impact on

the behaviour and

values of citizens in

the direction of

adopting the

philosophy of reuse

and waste prevention

in their everyday life.

I

In 2013 Snaga

decides to move up

the waste hierarchy

from recycling

to actively promoting

reuse and waste

prevention.

Because we have

power

and

because we have

responsibility.

Inspire people to take

independant actions.

CSR campaign

Get Used To Reuse

Addressing citizens

with the help of the

music, a video

manifesto,

workshops and

urban interventions.

Encourage a sustainable attitude towards

things, taking rational shopping decisions

and giving value to all those things that

money cannot buy.

CSR campaign

Raise Your Voice Against

Food Waste

Addressing

citizens with the

help of the

music

Snaga is encouraging citizens to reduce

the amount of waste they produce,

promoting reduction, reuse and

responsible consumption.

Addressing people reusing the song

“Let‘s fly” (recorded in 1978).

Food waste: our aim is to

change the relation and

perception of food so that it

will again become an

important value and thus

reduce food waste.

A different approach

The initiative addresses

the problem of food

waste by giving voice to

dustbins.

Dustbins protesting in the city centre,

in parks, in all Ljubljana‘s markets,

at local community events …

CSR campaign

Responsible and ethical

consumerism

In Ljubljana we play a vital role in helping achieve sustainable society and more responsible consumerism.

GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Hygienic paper made of multilayered

cardboard packaging – circuit of closing

material flows

The Municipality can provide sources for the amount of hygienic paper it needs. This results in economical and environmental savings according to the principle of the Zero Waste strategy.

In the next three years in JHL and other public enterprises, 7,5 million pieces of liter packaging (532 m3 packaging waste) will be recycled beacuse of sustainable hygienic paper usage. 6.920 m2 of forrest or 1.661 trees will be kept from logging. 196 tons of CO2 emissions will be reduced. The 25% financial saving at Snaga Ljubljana is achieved by purchasing this type of hygienic paper.

GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Center of Re-use and Repair

Cafe (Povšetova street 4)

The center consists of a shop, sweing room and workshop. In just two years, the number of sold items increased from 50 to 140 per day. The center opened in 2013 and presented jobs for less employable people.

Repair Cafe operates withing the Center of Re-use and makes proffessionals, such as electrician or carpenter availavle for helping with repairing and transformation of the itmes.

GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Snaga’s House of Re-use in children’s

creative city Minicity

Children get to

know re-use,

trading, sharing

and responsibility

with food the

exciting way.

GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Snaga’s users recieve a publication

every year. In 2016 it was entitled

“Snagazin – a magazine for a better

lifestyle”.

The publication

was designed as

a magazine,

where the main

interest appeared

to be the people

and not waste

management.

Those, who buy,

use and dispose

on one side and

those, who sew

cheap clothes,

extract toxic

metal and

produce cocoa,

rice and coffee in

slavery.

GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Making paper from Japanese knotweed on

semi-industrial level; the joint project by the

Municipality of Ljubljana, Snaga, RE-

GENERACIJA association, Botanical Garden

of the University of Ljubljana and Institute of

Pulp and Paper.

In 2016, five partners from different fields and sectors teamed up to re-use. One of the first practices of making paper from Japanese knotweed was realised in Ljubljana on semi-industrial level.

Snaga used this paper with the english version of Snagazin.

GOOD EXAMPLE PRACTICE

Upcycled furniture and equipment in the

administrative building of RCERO

Ljubljana.

In the waste

management facility of

RCERO, Snaga

creatively re-used,

upcycled and recycled

items that form the

interior. The life span

of the equipment is

prolonged and the

sustainability is

achieved.

The Trash Design team sharpened more than 500 board pallets, refurbished 16 chairs, 7 table lamps, 20 metal wheel rims, 5 bathtubs, a closet, 8 drawers adn 4 casks. 100 beer and wine bottles, 400 paper tubes and 70 meters of wooden beams were given a new life.

CHALLENGES AND PLANS

The use of compost, produced in RCERO

Ljubljana on agricultural lands around the

city.

In the facility of RCERO Ljubljana, more than 20 thousand tons of biological waste is processed annualy. During the treatment process from separately collected biological waste, compost of the highest value is produced.

By using the superior technology in RCERO Ljubljana, we achieved the highest possible quality of the produced compost, which can be used on agricultural lands.

CHALLENGES AND PLANS

Manufacturing scented candles from waste

oil. The strategy for making funerary candles

is being framed as well.

Paraffine candles: • Paraffine does not exist in natural form and is

not renewable. • It is obtained by dry destilation of brown coal

and oil derivates • Paraffine candles produce toxines by burning,

most of which are carcinogenic • The sooting ends up deep within the lungs • Candles, made from bee and vegetable wax are

expensive, but environmental-friendly. They also interfere with the food chain

Two environmental issues …

Waste oil: • Housholds mostly drain the waste oil • Risking the clogging and contamination of the

surface and ground water • 1 liter of waste oil can contaminate 1000 liters of

water • There is no treatment for this type of waste in

Slovenia, collected quanitites are transported abroad

… one effective solution.

Scented candles made of waste oil: • Vegetable origin • Made from local renewable resources • Don’t interfere with the food chain • CO2 neutral • Health and environment-friendly • Burning with lower temperature and last 30%

longer • Contain regulated synthetic scent components • Handmade by people with mental health illness

Do-it-yourself (DIY) candle from waste oil production kit: • Most eco way of recycling this type of waste –

avoids transport, energy, chemicals, otherwise necessary for industrial production

• Solves the clogged drain issue and reduces water treatment plant workload

• Savings – candle purchasing is no longer necessary

• Easy and fun to use

Health and environment-friendly vegetable candles made of waste oil

CHALLENGES AND PLANS

Opening of an alternative shopping center in

the center of Ljubljana.

»Alternative shopping center« would

enable a sustainable consumption

experience: A first slovenian store

without packaging, a rental service

and a multipurpose cafe with local and

fair trade offer, events.

The project would combine

sustainable approach to waste and

resource management, change

consumtion patterns and lifestyle,

allow economical, environmental

socially useful services in one

place, it would encourage creativity,

gender equality and green jobs.

A fourth unit could

be added – a small

hotel

(Bed&Breakfast)

that would be

consistent with Zero

Waste strategy. The

equioment would be

recycled and

artisticly upgraded.

Bed linen, towels

and the res would

be fair traded.

CHALLENGES AND PLANS

Build and open „Creapolis”,

Creating a better place

CREAPOLIS

• The collection center with warehouse for „waste“ for RE-USE, repair, up-cycling…

• Second hand shop with upcycled goods and occasional open air market

Conceptual design • Repair shops for furniture, electronic equipment, bikes, clothes

• Rental shop with used items • Educational part (Academy

for sustainable citizens, thematic courses, workshops, etc.)

• Meeting point at coffee bar served only local food and food from fair trade.