Since 2015, Croatia has exported 522,000 tonnes more waste than it imported.

Omissions

• The exact cumulative figure (522,000 tonnes net exports since 2015) does not appear explicitly in any source found; only single-year (2024) net-export data of about 90,000 tonnes was retrieved.
• The claim compares a cumulative stock/flow (2015–2024 net balance) while the only corroborating data found is an annual flow (2024 net balance), so the specific magnitude cannot be directly verified.
• Only one independent secondary source (index.hr) was found; no Eurostat primary source containing the Croatian 2015–2024 cumulative net-export figure was located.
• The same source notes that Croatia also imported 871,255 tonnes of waste in 2024 (of which about 7,100 tonnes hazardous), a gross-import figure the MEP does not mention, which may create a misleading impression when citing only the net balance.
• 2024 is the latest year for which official data were available at the time of the session.

Sources

• Secondaryindex.hr — 'Hrvatska uvozi 870.000 tona otpada godišnje. Zašto?''AKO JE HRVATSKA doista postala europsko smetlište, statistika za 2024. to ne pokazuje: iz zemlje je otišlo oko 90.000 tona otpada više nego što je u nju ušlo.' and 'Tako je 2024. godine, posljednje za koju postoje službeni podaci, Hrvatska uvezla 871.255 tona otpada, od čega oko 7100 tona opasnog otpada uz prethodno odobrenje.'
• Secondarypokazatelji.hr — 'Što Hrvatska izvozi i uvozi, i koliko je od toga stvarno otpad''... izvoz od 6.806 tona iznosi oko 0,36 % nastalog komunalnog otpada. To ne uključuje sve odvojeno prikupljene materijale ni gorivo iz otpada.' (context on Croatian waste trade categories and magnitudes)