The increasing amount of waste produced has led to the unsustainbility of the current mode of waste menagment. This realization has led to the search for an alternative way of waste menagment across the European Union. The alternative to the current state is conceived in the form of Centers for Sustainable Waste Menagement. Through the Eurpean Funds, Member States are enabled to build Waste Menagment Centers and become part of sustainable waste menagment. Croatia, as a member of the European Union i salso participaiting in the construction of a sustainable waste menagment system, which will be financed largely from the Cohesion Fund.The province of zadar, as well as the rest of Croatia, have all the preddispositions dor the successful construction of waste Menagment Centers. In addition to enogh space to find a location to build the Centers, there is good enviromental awareness amog citizens in Croatia, which facilitates the introduction of a new waste menagement system. There i salso no obstacle in the involvement odf local communities to contribute to the financing of the construction of the Waste Menagment Centers. We can also see an advantage in the easy alignement of waste menagement laws with EU law. The increasing amount of waste leading to the overcapacity of current land fills leads to the need to build a sustainable waste menagment system as quickly as possible.