Where does Croatia’s waste money go?

How to read this review

This review draws on public judgments, audits, official releases and clearly labelled media reports. Every case links back to the original source.

• Court penalty or judgment
• Audit finding or indictment
• No wrongdoing established
• No reviewed case

County colour = strongest documented kind of finding. Not a rating of honesty.

Different scopes or periods — not added.

A source date is not a payment year. Multi-year amounts stay cumulative, not annual spending.

Annual public waste-service amount per resident, as self-reported by the waste companies (IRDJU 2024). Not audited; a higher amount is not evidence of wrongdoing. Cities and municipalities are listed in the county window.

Separate collection is not the same as recycling. Colour here shows the measured rate, not corruption.

Nominal conversion at HRK 7.5345 per euro; not inflation-adjusted.

This review has limits. This is not every waste-sector case in Croatia. Findings reflect the stated research cutoff. Different amounts are not added into a single “total loss”. Connections between institutions do not establish responsibility.