Environment protection
No one can do more for our environment than we alone, so there are many activities taking place in Ptuj municipality.According to the Environment Protection Act all urban municipalities, as well as municipality or wider self-government local communities, have to adopt an environment protection program for their territory. Program's content has to meet guidelines given by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning.
Air
According to criteria of Slovenian legislation and requirements of EU Directives Municipality Ptuj has no such sources of pollution that instalment of a permanent measuring station would be necessary, not even for traffic, although traffic is very disturbing for our citizens as well. Criterion for instalment of measuring station within the framework of government measuring stations network is 100,000 inhabitants on a certain territory.Water supply system
Water supply system Ptuj, the second largest regional water distribution system in the Drava river basin, provides water supply for the territory of 21 municipalities. Quality of underground water in Dravsko and Ptujsko polje is threatened by unrefined wastewater discharges from settlements of Ptujsko and Dravsko polje, intensive farming and industry. Priority water management task is to supply population with quality drinking water.Waste
For lower Podravje municipalities the construction of the regional waste management plant Gajke (CERO Gajke) represents complex solution of the municipal waste management, which completely meets the Slovenian and EU rules in force in the fields of environment protection and human health.Centre includes reception of waste, waste treatment and recovery, and disposal of waste residue.
Important information about CERO Gajke:
- includes 17 municipalities with 77,000 inhabitants,
- centre capacity is foreseen for 100,000 inhabitants,
- operational life of the landfill site is 15 years,
- centre’s area extends over 18 ha, of which 12 ha is landfill area.
