Historical highlights

The beginnings of the company Snaga reach back to the First World War when the then Municipal Council of Ljubljana founded the company Mestne vožnje. Due to its headquarters at Povšetova ulica, the company was soon named “Mestna pristava” (or even “Mestna priprega”) and the basic purpose of its foundation was the provision of transport services for the companies in Ljubljana. Besides transport services which were provided at that time by private operators and were rather expensive, Mestna vožnja also provided other services to the companies and municipal offices, such as waste removal, sprinkling of macadam roads and ploughing. The company could soon boast a large number of horses and carriages and constructed its own workshops – blacksmith’s, cartwright’s, saddler’s and garage.
 
The company’s development was always closely connected with the needs of the city to which its new activity was also adapted. Besides the collection and disposal of waste, the activity was further expanded to the cleaning of public areas, maintenance of public restrooms and farming land management.
 
The economic and political situation in the city and the broader area was the reason for the change in the company’s status and activity. It first changed its name from Mestne vožnje to TOZD Javna higiena which operated in the scope of Komunalno podjetje Ljubljana (KPL) and in 1990, KPL changed its name to Javno podjetje Snaga. In 1994, the City of Ljubljana founded Holding mesta Ljubljana, a company for the management of public companies. today, Snaga is part of the holding by means of which the City of Ljubljana wishes to provide efficient mandatory public utility services in the capital.