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Part C - Italy - Commonality (May, 03rd 2010) - State and Impact
In 2006 total waste generation reached approximately 167 million tonnes (Mt), an increase of about 91 % from 1997 (Figure 1).
After many years of high growth, stabilisation at 32.5 Mt of municipal waste generation was noted between 2006 and 2007 (Rapporto Rifiuti 2008:http://www.apat.gov.it/site/itIT/APAT/Pubblicazioni/Rapporto_rifiuti/Documento/rapporto_rfi08.html; http://annuario.apat.it/capitoli/Ver_6/en/Waste%20cycle.pdf - Paragraph ‘Generation’, pg 294). Generation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste has also continued to grow, from 83 Mt in 2000 to 134.7 Mt in 2006. Of this, 125.5 Mt was non-hazardous waste – including 52 Mt construction and demolition (C&D) – and 9.2 Mt was hazardous waste.
Between 2006 and 2007, landfilling of municipal waste fell by 2.4 %; in the same period there was an increase of 34.2 % in the amount of waste managed in anaerobic digestion plants, 7.6 % by mechanical biological treatment (MBT), 4.8% by composting and 0.1% by incineration. The fraction of municipal waste incinerated remained stable at 12.1 % in 2006 and 12.2 % in 2007. The 44 operating plants, in 2007, equipped for energy recovery produced approximately 3 million MWh of electrical and 1.1 million MWh of thermal energy. (Rapporto Rifiuti 2008:http://www.apat.gov.it/site/itIT/APAT/Pubblicazioni/Rapporto_rifiuti/Documento/rapporto_rfi08.html; http://annuario.apat.it/capitoli/Ver_6/en/Waste%20cycle.pdf - Paragraph ‘Management’, pg 301).
A total of more than 117 Mt of hazardous and non hazardous waste from economic activities – called special waste – was managed in 2006, 91.6 % of which was non-hazardous and 8.4 % hazardous waste.
Figure 3 shows that approximately 57.7 Mt or 49.3 % were managed by material recovery operations, The most common disposal operation remains landfill, with approximately 19 Mt or 16.3 % of total special waste. A total of 13.4 Mt is destined for storage, 2 % of the total pending disposal and 9.4 % pending recovery (Rapporto Rifiuti 2008: http://www.apat.gov.it/site/itIT/APAT/Pubblicazioni/Rapporto_rifiuti/Documento/rapporto_rfi08.html; http://annuario.apat.it/capitoli/Ver_6/en/Waste%20cycle.pdf - Paragraph ‘Management’, pg 301).
Regarding packaging waste, in 2007 about 12.4 Mt were put on the market in Italy, a 2 % increase from 2006, corresponding to about 200 000 tonnes of packaging material.
Table 1: Packaging put on the market (2000 – 2007)
Packaging material |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
t*1,000 |
||||||||
Steel |
600 |
568 |
565 |
577 |
595 |
555 |
561 |
563 |
Aluminium |
59 |
59 |
60 |
66 |
67 |
69 |
72 |
74 |
Paper |
4 167 |
4 160 |
4 218 |
4 208 |
4 333 |
4 333 |
4 470 |
4 536 |
Wood |
2 479 |
2 532 |
2 603 |
2 663 |
2 787 |
2 701 |
2 852 |
2 860 |
Plastic |
1 900 |
1 950 |
1 951 |
2 000 |
2 054 |
2 035 |
2 090 |
2 194 |
Glass |
1 963 |
1 993 |
1 970 |
2 107 |
2 141 |
2 141 |
2 130 |
2 150 |
TOTAL |
11 168 |
11 262 |
11 367 |
11 621 |
11 977 |
11 834 |
12 174 |
12 377 |
Source: ISPRA
Table 2: Recovery and recycling of packaging waste (2003-2007)
Packaging material |
Recycling |
Energy recovery |
Total recovery |
||||||||||||
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
T*1,000 |
t*1,000 |
t*1,000 |
|||||||||||||
Steel |
321 |
324 |
356 |
369 |
391 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
321 |
324 |
356 |
369 |
391 |
Aluminium |
28 |
30.6 |
33.1 |
35,1 |
38.6 |
7 |
8.5 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
35 |
34.5 |
37.8 |
39.8 |
43.4 |
Paper |
2 432 |
2 703 |
2 875 |
2 931 |
3 218 |
341 |
421 |
444 |
401 |
376 |
2 773 |
3 124 |
3 319 |
3 332 |
3 594 |
Wood |
1 543 |
1 600 |
1 400 |
1 559 |
1 539 |
0 |
33 |
287 |
228 |
200 |
1 543 |
1 633 |
1 687 |
1 787 |
1 739 |
Plastic |
480 |
510 |
547 |
607 |
645 |
482 |
594 |
629 |
645 |
687 |
962 |
1 104 |
1 176 |
1 252 |
1 332 |
Glass |
1 122 |
1 203 |
1 211 |
1 256 |
1 303 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 122 |
1 203 |
1 211 |
1 256 |
1 303 |
TOTAL |
5 926 |
6 371 |
6 422 |
6 757 |
7 135 |
830 |
1 057 |
1 365 |
1 279 |
1 268 |
6 756 |
7 423 |
7 787 |
8 036 |
8 402 |
Source: ISPRA
As shown in table 2, in 2007 8.4 Mt of packaging waste were recovered, an increase of 4.6% from 2006, equivalent to almost 370 000 t, confirming the positive trend of the previous years.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/2010/countries/it/waste-state-and-impacts-italy or scan the QR code.
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