Bucket-to-door bio-waste collection that cut mixed waste by 65%
In Partizánske, Friends of the Earth Slovakia piloted direct kitchen waste collection from apartment buildings: small buckets placed at the flat entrance replace the large mixed-waste containers that previously stood outside buildings. 128 households participated; over five months, mixed waste fell by 17.25 tonnes, a 65.17% reduction. By 2024, Partizánske also launched bio-waste collection in family homes, achieving 76.5% household participation in that phase.
Where
- Partizánske, Trenčín Region, Slovakia (approximate pin at town centre)
How to participate
- Partizánske residents: contact the municipality to join or expand the kitchen waste collection programme
- Other Slovak municipalities: contact Priatelia Zeme: SPZ to replicate the Partizánske model in your own apartment district
- Policy advocates: use the 65.17% waste reduction figure in conversations with mayors about the economic case for bio-waste collection over mixed-waste incineration
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- Lead: Friends of the Earth Slovakia (Priatelia Zeme: SPZ) + Municipality of Partizánske
- Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition