📋 Tender Overview
The Environmental Inspectorate (IO), which operates within the framework of the Inspectorate for the Environment and Energy (IRSOE), carried out an action to control the management of construction waste at major construction sites throughout Slovenia, where large-scale construction projects are being carried out, or where an integral building permit has been issued.As part of the campaign, 13 construction sites were inspected, and 24 inspection procedures were opened. Violations were found in 13 cases, in three cases there were no irregularities, and eight procedures had not yet been completed at the end of the campaign. The inspectors issued 11 decisions and one warning under the Inspection Control Act (ZIN).
The purpose of the control was to check whether the parties fulfill their obligations and handle construction waste as required by environmental legislation. The Environmental Protection Act (ZVO-2) stipulates that waste must be handled in a manner that does not endanger human health or cause damage to the environment. Waste must not pose a risk to water, air, soil, plants and animals, and must not cause excessive noise, unpleasant odors or impacts on areas with special conservation status.
The regulation on the management of waste generated during construction works, however, specifies in detail the obligations of managing construction waste generated during the construction, renovation, reconstruction or removal of buildings. The regulation stipulates that the investor is responsible for the correct handling of construction waste on the construction site. If the excavation is clean and does not contain dangerous substances, the investor can reuse it on the same or another construction site, where the investor himself is.
Detected violations
In more than half of the procedures, IO inspectors found violations by taxpayers, and in one third, the inspection procedures were not yet completed due to their complexity.
The majority of violations were found with waste transporters. In five cases, carriers were ordered to equip all freight vehicles with a global positioning system (GPS devices), which enable accurate tracking of vehicles and insight into driving history for at least two years. Due to other identified irregularities, the inspectors also ordered a ban on the grinding of wood waste and its collection without appropriate permits, as well as the removal of illegally dumped earthworks, the delivery of which must be proven with a record sheet.
The control action once again reminded investors to consistently fulfill their obligations in handling construction waste, and transporters to urgently use GPS devices in vehicles for their transport. This is also of vital importance when determining the illegal handling of construction waste (and excavation), especially when it is illegally dumped in unsuitable locations in nature throughout Slovenia.
