ANALYSIS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Waste has become one of the most significant issues of modern society due to its (un)appropriate disposal and significant impact which it has on the environment and people's health. Process of waste management includes harmonized actions of larger number of participants like state and local municipalities, companies, citizens, media etc. while it should meet the needs of all stakeholders and encourage them for their effective participation. Paper especially analyzes waste management system in the Republic of Croatia on the basis of contemporary and relevant literature, strategic documents and laws while finds out how Croatia has a huge number of elaborated legal acts and strategic documents which are focused on achieving efficient waste management system. However, integrated waste management system in Croatia is not still present in practice. Croatia should pay attention on reduction of waste volume, involvement of users in the projects and creation of efficient integrated waste management system. Citizens and companies should be more informed about the purpose, classification and proper disposal of waste while local and regional governments should have enough incentives for joint problem-solving at regional level.