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Slovene companies may do it independently or through a waste management organization. On the other hand, foreign companies may be obliged to establish an authorized representative in Slovenia, who will perform the duties of the introducer on their behalf.

Are you obliged to appoint an authorized representative in Slovenia?

If your company meets the following conditions:
• is a producer of electrical and electronic equipment, imports or sales equipment, orders equipment under its brand,
• is a producer or seller of batteries and accumulators,
• is a producer of products that are placed on the Slovenian market e.g. delivered to end consumers in packaging,
• has its registered office outside Slovenia,
• sells packaging, batteries or electrical and electronic equipment at a distance to customers in Slovenia (online shop, sales platforms,)….
…then you are obliged to establish an authorized representative in Slovenia.

Companies that fail to comply with this obligation may be subject to a financial penalty of up to 4.000 €.

Who can be an authorized representative of your company?

Any legal entity may perform the role of an authorised representative in Slovenia, The only statutory condition is that you must have your registered office in Slovenia.

In order to establish your company’s authorized representative in Slovenia, it is necessary to conclude a written agreement with the selected entity. Once the contract is signed, your selected representative will carry out your company’s obligations through the recovery organization.

Your company’s authorised representative in Slovenia may also be your partner for packaging, waste batteries and WEEE extended producer´s responsibility obligations, such as Interzero.

Interzero – your company’s authorized representative in Slovenia

We offer the service of an authorised representative in Slovenia to all businesses placing products on the Slovene market. As a waste management and EPR licensing organisation, we will carry out all your company’s obligations without any intermediaries. Our experts will get acquainted with the specifics of your business and determine the type and status of the producer´s obligations applies to you, and then offer you the most advantageous offer.

By contracting directly with Interzero, you will be assured that your company’s statutory obligations will be fulfilled reliably, on time and comprehensively.

If you are an intra-Community supplier of equipment or sell directly to customers outside of Slovenia by means of distance communication, you can make use of our assistance in establishing an authorised representative (sometimes called an authorised representative) in other EU countries where the Interzero Group is active: Austria, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Poland and Croatia.

Why appoint an authorised representative in Slovenia?

Establishing an authorised representative in Slovenia is not only an obligation, but also brings several benefits for your company. What are they? Check them out!

By establishing cooperation with Interzero:

What obligations do we assume as your company’s authorized representative?
Interzero will take over all obligations under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation, Regulation on the management of batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as an authorized representative of your company in Slovenia. These include:
• organization and financing of WP, WBA and WEEE collection and processing,
• achievement of minimum annual WEEE, waste packaging and waste batteries collection targets,
• achieve levels of recovery and preparation of waste packaging, WEEE and waste batteries for reuse and recycling,
• conclude a contract with a recycler under the conditions specified by the legislation.

Remember that obligations of the producer are imposed on all entities selling packaging, batteries, electrical and electronic equipment by means of distance communication directly to users in Slovenia, regardless of the type and quantity of equipment introduced to the Slovene market! Sign a contract with Interzero today – thanks to us, you will free yourself from burdensome duties and gain time for what is most important for the development of your business.

The windscreen of a car must not be shattered into a thousand pieces in an accident. They are therefore usually made of laminated glass, which consists of at least two panes of glass bonded together by an elastic and unbreakable polymer film. Unfortunately, the same ingredient that reduces the risk of car occupants being injured in the event of an accident also generates large amounts of waste film that previously could not be disposed of sustainably.

“At Pilkington in Poland, we take care of everything related to waste management,” said Anna Grom, Head of Interzero Circular Solutions Europe. “The production of laminated windscreens generates large quantities of film residues that could only be treated thermally – in other words, the waste was incinerated. The windscreen manufacturer was no longer willing to put up with this, so we started looking for a solution for them.”

Stopping waste

Pilkington has a large central warehouse and windscreen production facility in Poland. Since 2006, this formerly British company has been part of the Japanese NSG Group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of glass and glazing systems and a company with high standards in sustainability. “On the one hand, it was very expensive to dispose of large quantities of film, but on the other hand, Pilkington Automotive Poland no longer wanted to simply throw away this high-quality material,” said Anna Grom. “Our job was to stop this kind of waste.” Interzero has launched its own network in Poland. Although Anna Grom is well aware that recycling companies generally do not accept polyvinyl butyral (PVB) films, “our aim was to achieve the highest possible recycling rate for our customer”.

“Thanks to Interzero, it is possible to use our surplus PVB film. This is a great success.”
Ryszard Jania, NSG Group Director in Poland

“Fantastic project”

FAGUM STOMIL plans to start series production this year, producing the first wellington boots made entirely from Pilkington’s redundant PVB film. “Circular economy solutions are groundbreaking for our company and lay the foundations for other solutions that we can present to the market as eco-friendly products,” said Grzegorz Skomorowski, Deputy CEO of FAGUM STOMIL. “We want everyone who chooses a pair of our boots to feel that they are part of a fantastic project that speaks about responsibility, sustainability and above all taking care of our planet’s environment for ourselves and future generations.”

One world. Zero waste. #MoveTheDate!

Earth Resource Overshoot Day is an unpleasant reminder that we are living far beyond our means. Calculations show that in 2023, this threshold has already been exceeded 2. August. This is the date by which humanity uses up all the natural resources our planet can provide in one year. Germany, for example, as an industrialised country, reached this grim milestone even earlier, on 4. May!

At Interzero, we are not prepared to watch the world continue to exploit its resources. On the contrary, we are working to create a world without waste, where we can use the resources at our disposal in a sustainable and responsible way. Our “zero waste solutions” actively contribute to climate action every day and help ensure security of supply for future generations. Together with our employees, customers and partners, we are working hard to push back the day of Earth’s resource surplus one step at a time.

“We are proud that we are returning significantly more to our customers and partners than we spend. The seven minutes and 16 seconds of incremental savings are a starting point and an incentive for us to continue to expand our activities.”
Sebastiaan Krol
Managing Director, Interzero Circular Solutions

Join our movement and reduce your ecological footprint, because climate action is a team sport.

As a company, you can improve your sustainability performance, resilience, long-term profit opportunities and reputation by choosing sustainable closed-loop materials management. As an individual, you can make a small but important contribution every day to ensure that our planet continues to have enough air to breathe.

In accordance with the second paragraph of 2. Article 1 of the Regulation on the environmental charge for environmental pollution caused by waste electrical and electronic equipment and waste portable batteries and accumulators (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia No 84/18; hereinafter referred to as the Regulation on the environmental charge), publishes a more detailed list of products classified into classes of electrical and electronic (EEE) equipment and portable batteries and accumulators, or the List of EEE equipment, portable batteries and accumulators according to the Combined Nomenclature, for the year 2023.The list of EEE equipment, portable batteries and accumulators according to the Combined Nomenclature shall be published in accordance with Article 1 of the Regulation:

The current list can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MOPE/Okolje/Odpadki/Seznam_EE_po_KN_2023.xls).

The list will serve as the basis for the calculation of the environmental levy on environmental pollution caused by waste electrical and electronic equipment and waste portable batteries and accumulators, in accordance with the Environmental Levy Regulation, for the reporting period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013. from July 2023

In the current list of EE equipment, portable batteries and accumulators by Combined Nomenclature for 2023, MOPE has also included an indication of the changes to the list compared to the last previously published list from 2022.

If you are liable for the payment of the environmental levy, i.e. a legal entity that places EEE equipment and portable batteries and accumulators on the market in the Republic of Slovenia and you are a manufacturer of EEE equipment, an authorised representative of a manufacturer as referred to in the regulation governing electrical and electronic equipment or a manufacturer of portable batteries and accumulators, please contact us at info@interzero.si if you have any questions.

As an exporter placing a product on the German market, you are obliged to:

• report the product to the German central office, where it is first checked (by means of a ‘ transport packaging audit’). You can also arrange the check in Slovenia using Interzero.
• Register with the German packaging register LUCID, which aims to ensure greater transparency and control,
• The registered product must also be included in the dual system, which provides for the separation of waste into yellow and blue bins and containers for glass and white metal,
• followed by the licensing of the goods.

Recently, we have noticed that the monitoring of the inclusion in the VerpackG packaging levy scheme in Germany has been tightened.

To avoid heavy fines or even import bans on the German market, we invite you to contact us as Interzero has over 30 years of experience in the German market to help you settle your obligations.

There is also great news from Serbia, where the Interzero team has been awarded a licence to operate a common packaging waste management system. This is an essential step for the Interzero Group to strengthen our international position and further promote the expansion plans of our integrated environmental solutions. At the same time, this strategic milestone lays a solid foundation for further local services in Serbia and enables the sustainable development of our competences in the region. This enables us to exceed our customers’ expectations by providing more and more international services with our highest quality standards.

We are confident that Interzero PAK will be a reliable partner for Serbian companies in the field of waste management, just as it is for our 50,000 satisfied customers all over Europe. We will ensure reliable, legally compliant and efficient packaging waste management for all domestic and foreign companies operating on the Serbian market.

“We thank Vojislav Stanković and the team for their excellent work and look forward to introducing innovative sustainable solutions in Serbia in line with our international best practices,” said Martin Ulke, Head of Interzero Circular Solutions Europe.

If you are doing business in Serbia or are interested in the legislation and environmental services there, please contact info@interzero.rs or visit https://interzero.rs/.

Interzero is pleased to announce to all our business partners and prospective business partners that we have received official approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning for a joint plan for the management of single-use plastic waste products and plastic fishing gear waste. This enters Interzero in the register of licensing holders. This means that you can work with us to meet all the legal obligations set out in the new Regulation on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastic products (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia 132/22).

At Interzero, we were the first in the Slovenian market to become a licensing holder which further demonstrates our innovation and efficiency in providing environmental solutions.

Read more about the SUP product handling service here.We also invite you to watch a short Interzero Academy webinar on How to successfully adapt to the SUP Regulation for optimal information on what’s new – access it here.

To sign a contract or for further information, please contact us at info@interzero.si.

Waste management plan (WMP) is explained in the Waste Ordinance, OJ RS No. 77/22. If your business generates more than 200 kg of hazardous waste, 150 tonnes of non-hazardous waste or is the generator of waste oils from its activities in any one year, regardless of the amount of waste oils, you must have a waste management plan.

The new Regulation, which entered into force on 14. The Waste Management Plan (WMP), adopted on 1 June 2022, sets out changes to the content of the WMP compared to the previous legislation. The Regulation requires companies to comply with the EU rules within one year, i.e. by 14 June 2023, adapt the content of the existing waste management plan. In addition to the environmental legislation, waste producers need to be familiar with the operational programmes in the field of waste management and keep up to date with new developments in the treatment of different types of waste in order to draw up a waste management plan.

But when does an WMP need to be amended or supplemented? In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation, this must be done whenever a decision is taken to change the management of waste, in terms of the type or quantity of waste generated, the temporary storage of waste and the separate collection of waste, in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1892/2002. Article 2 of that Regulation. Interzero can advise or help you develop a waste management plan , based on our many years of international experience in waste management . You can find out more about our servicehere.