The project aimed to foster a cross-border waste management partnership so as to improve the region´s competitiveness at the European level, move beyond the traditional concept of a state border being a constraint to development, promote sustainable use of natural resources and protection of the environment in the everyday life of the region´s people and society, increase environmental awareness and improve living conditions of Slovenes and Croats from the Neighbourhood Programme area, initiate cross-border cooperation on improving the state of the environment, particularly when it comes to waste management.