Almost one million tonnes of waste enter Croatia every year, and the authorities do not know its location.

Omissions

• The official 2024 import figure is 871,255 tonnes, roughly 13% below the 'almost one million tonnes' cited, so the figure is rounded upward.
• The data comes from 2024, the latest year for which official statistics existed at the time of the claim.
• The assertion that Croatian institutions 'do not know where' the imported waste is located is a political characterization of the consequences of abolishing the register, not a documented statistical fact.
• No primary official source (Eurostat/national statistics office/DZS or Ministry) was found that directly states the ~871,000 tonne figure; the figure is reported by secondary media citing official data.

Sources

• SecondaryTotal Croatia Newsback in 2024, the last year for which official data exists, Croatia imported 871,255 tonnes of waste, of which about 7,100 tonnes of hazardous waste with prior approval.
• SecondaryIndex.hrHrvatska uvozi 870.000 tona otpada godišnje. Tijekom iste godine iz Hrvatske je izvezeno 961.442 tone otpada, a opasni otpad činio je 26.851 tonu.
• SecondaryN1 HrvatskaUvoz takozvanog neopasnog otpada - poput starog željeza ili papira - doseže 725.000 tona i drži ga petnaestak tvrtki.
• SecondaryFaktograf.hrNovim Zakonom ukinuta je obveza upisa u Očevidnik uvoznika/izvoznika otpada koji ne podliježe notifikacijskom postupku, ali je propisana obveza...
• SecondaryJutarnji listZa otpad koji ne podliježe notifikacijskom postupku ukinuta je obveza posebnog upisa u očevidnik uvoznika i izvoznika, dok je uvedeno digitalno...