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. classification of materials for reuse, especially plastic, composite packaging

and other materials, and allowing their return into the production and
consumption cycles without being labelled as rubbish.

Production of an
element from

recycled plastic in
Plastika Skaza. In
recent years, the

company has
thoroughly

reoriented its
operations in the

direction of
sustainable
development and
circular economy.

Photo: Plastika Skaza repository

The example of the company Plastika Skaza shows that in the field of circular economy,
standardization is not yet keeping pace with the Slovenian economy. In recent years,
this company has thoroughly reoriented its operations in the direction of sustainable
development and entry into the process of reshaping to a circular company.

The company has encountered an obstacle in the legislation, which defines all
plastic as waste material, thereby precluding reuse. Standards and legislation must
therefore urgently adapt very quickly to the contemporary circular business models,
and – from this point of view – make a new definition of waste material.

Although the Slovenian Government, in liaison with the Strategic Research and Inno-
vation Partnership (SRIP), is already preparing new legislative measures for circular
economy in the field of waste tyres and waste plastic, the new legislation should
develop horizontal standards for the needs of the economy, such that would be
applicable in different industries. In this way the new standards would also
encourage other Slovenian companies to reuse raw materials, which are still
labelled as waste material at present.

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