Abstract
Serbia‟s waste management is in its initial state. This paper focuses on the transition of the waste management system in the period 2006 till 2016 giving a projection on future developments till 2019. Using the phase-model of waste management – introduced by Klampfl-Pernold and Gelbmann in 2006- the current state is evaluated. Moreover, important factors and drivers for the transition are detected and analysed. The assessment showed an improvement of the overall situation of the waste management. A gradual transition towards an integrative waste management can be observed. The main tasks detected are
comprehensive and regular data acquisition, implementation of a separate waste collection with higher level of coverage, sanitation of landfills, waste recovery and awareness raising.
Keywords: Waste Management, Transition, Phase Model, Serbia