Managment of municipal waste in the Zagreb periurban zone

Intenzivnu stambenu izgradnju započetu 70-tih godina u periurbanom pojasu grada, na području Samobora, Sesveta, Velike Gorice i Zaprešića, sve do danas nije jednakim intenzitetom pratila kvalitetna komunalna infrastruktura. Posebno je to izraženo na pitanju uklanjanja otpada, koji ne samo da nije primjereno riješen na razini prigradskih općina, već ni na razini grada. Članak analizira stanje komunalnog otpada, njegovo uklanjanje, te posljedice koje se uslijed neprimjerenog odlaganja odražavaju na životnoj sredini.Intensive building of residential capacities in the periurban zone of Zagreb, i.e. in towns of Samobor, Sesvete, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić, which started in 1970-ies, has not been accompanied by creation of an adequate municipal infrastructure. Particular problem burdering not only the periurban zone, but also the city of Zagreb itself, represents the removal and disposal of municipal waste. The actual status of municipal waste management and adverse consequences arising from an inadequate waste disposal to the enviroment, are discussed in the paper