{"id":1963,"date":"2019-05-24T06:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T06:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greentrends.mn\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2019-05-24T06:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T06:56:08","slug":"from-no-recycling-to-zero-waste-how-ljubljana-rethought-its-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greentrends.mn\/?p=1963&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"From no recycling to zero waste: how Ljubljana rethought its rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fifteen years ago, all the Slovenian capital\u2019s waste went to landfill, but by 2025, at least 75% of its rubbish will be recycled. How did the city turn itself around?<\/p>\n

Words and photographs by Luka Dakskobler<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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F<\/span><\/span>rom the lush green hill you can see Ljubljana, the capital of\u00a0Slovenia, in the distance. Populations of deer, rabbits and turtles live here. The air is clean and the only signs that we are standing above a 24-metre (79 feet) deep landfill are the methane gas pipes rising from the grass.<\/p>\n

Ljubljana is the first European capital to commit to going zero-waste. But fifteen years ago, all of its refuse went straight to landfill. \u201cAnd that is expensive,\u201d says Nina Sankovi\u010d of Voka Snaga, the city\u2019s waste management company. \u201cIt takes up space and you\u2019re throwing away resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

So the city decided to change course.<\/p>\n

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