PRE-KOM door-to-door collection: national leader in northern Croatia

14 municipalities, 71 % separate collection

PRE-KOM in Prelog operates door-to-door waste collection across 14 municipalities in northern Croatia: Prelog, Goričan, Donji Kraljevec, Sveta Marija, Donji Vidovec, Donja Dubrava, Kotoriba, Belica, Dekanovec, Domašinec, Podturen, Martijanec, Jalžabet, and Pribislavec. The network consistently ranks as Croatia's top performer in separate waste collection, averaging over 71 % and producing fewer than 73 kg of residual waste per resident: well below the national average of 247 kg.

What residents do

• Sort household waste into the collected fractions at source
• Follow the door-to-door schedule provided by PRE-KOM for each street

Why it matters

In a country where national policy still favours waste-to-energy, these 14 municipalities prove that source separation at the household level works at scale: and that small municipalities can lead a large country.

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• Waste operator: PRE-KOM, Prelog
• Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition