A city of 80,000 reshaping how it handles food waste
Žilina, one of Slovakia's larger cities, launched door-to-door kitchen waste collection for family homes in January 2025, alongside a new PAYT system and a reformed door-to-door sorted collection system. In the first two months, the city recorded a 16.85% reduction in mixed waste and a 7.7% increase in sorting rates, remarkably fast results for a programme still in its early phase.
Where
- Žilina, Žilina Region, Slovakia (approximate pin at city centre)
How to participate
- Žilina residents with family homes: set out your kitchen waste bucket on collection day; contact the city waste service if you haven't received collection instructions yet
- Other Slovak cities: contact Priatelia Zeme: SPZ for the full programme design including the combined D2D + PAYT model
- Advocates: 16.85% reduction in two months is a strong data point for pitching municipal bio-waste collection to hesitant city councils
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- Lead: City of Žilina + Friends of the Earth Slovakia (Priatelia Zeme: SPZ)
- Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition