The deputy mayor of Varaždin has called on the chief state attorney to present the analysis of waste from the former Mundus Florijan Bobić complex to the public, and has accused the prime minister of political responsibility.
Miroslav Marković (SDP), deputy mayor of Varaždin, on Thursday, August 13, 2026, called on the chief state attorney to release the analysis of waste still located at the former Mundus Florijan Bobić industrial complex in Varaždin. According to his claims, the analysis was, as far as he knows, conducted by USKOK, and irregularities had been identified at the Tipos Resurs facility for years.
At a press conference, Marković explained that the whole story begins in 2014 and 2015, when the first waste management permit was issued. Three years later, in 2016, the capacity was increased to 5,000 tons. In January 2019, the permit was revoked due to identified irregularities, but the very next month, the company obtained a new one, this time for as much as 10,000 tons of waste.
Inspections continued to record irregularities, and the Ministry of the Interior also conducted its own checks due to its jurisdiction. The Florijan Bobić furniture factory, also known as Mundus, ceased operations in 2015, after which its premises were used for years by the company Tipos Resurs. Following that company's bankruptcy, a pile of waste remained at the site, which the state is now cleaning up.
"The owners practically did not rectify any irregularities"
Marković emphasized that waste was processed at the site from 2015 to 2024, and that citizens could not easily see what was happening because the area was shielded from view. He also described how the activities were hidden from sight from the road.
"They built a wall of pallets that has now been removed, so the garbage is visible from the road. So, it was literally fenced off from people's view from the road. They were careful about what they were doing."
A particular problem is the amount of waste found during one of the inspections. Although the permit allowed 5,000 tons, approximately 6,500 tons were found at the site. Marković also claims that among the waste was material that had been recorded as recovered before arriving at the facility, while some of the waste was treated as hazardous. According to him, the waste came from Italy and Slovenia, was ground at the facility, and then transported to other locations.
The deputy mayor also commented on the public procurement for waste remediation that the Inspectorate launched just before the dismissal of the then chief state inspector, Andrija Mikulić. He believes it should be determined why the removal of the waste was not ordered earlier, despite the identified irregularities.
Marković directly called on the chief state attorney to release the waste analysis, which he says was conducted by USKOK, in the public interest.
"But what is crucial is that the analysis of this waste that is still here was done, as far as I have information, by USKOK, and I hereby directly call on the chief state attorney to release that analysis to the public in the interest of the public."
At the press conference, he also did not spare Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, whom he considers politically responsible for the entire case, not only in Varaždin.
"We are talking about a system that has been functioning for ten or more years without proper control, and that is why I will say that this is Plenković's garbage. This is Plenković's waste, not only in Varaždin, but also in Benkovac and everywhere else, because he directly appointed Andrija Mikulić, and we know where he ended up. That is his choice, and that is why it is his responsibility, both political and any other."
