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Italy excellence in packaging recycling

2020-07-01T19:23:57.388Z


Conai, last year recycled 399 thousand tons of steel (ANSA)Italy is an excellence in the packaging recycling sector: from steel to aluminum, the data indicate that the results achieved at national level are of excellent levels. Overall, according to the data of the National Packaging Consortium (Conai), last year Italy recycled 399 thousand tons of steel, 51 thousand of aluminum, 3 million and 989 thousand of paper, 1 million and 997 thousand of wood, 1 m...


Italy is an excellence in the packaging recycling sector: from steel to aluminum, the data indicate that the results achieved at national level are of excellent levels. Overall, according to the data of the National Packaging Consortium (Conai), last year Italy recycled 399 thousand tons of steel, 51 thousand of aluminum, 3 million and 989 thousand of paper, 1 million and 997 thousand of wood, 1 million and 54 thousand of plastic. and 2 million 69 thousand glass. 648 million euros to Italian municipalities, 421 million for recycling and recovery activities Also in 2019, therefore, Italian performance in the circular economy field improved. The Conai also indicates that in 2019 the recycling of 70% of packaging waste, with a growth of 3.1% compared to 2018.

Also in 2019, Conai continues, in Italy 70% of packaging waste was sent for recycling: a total of 9 million and 560 thousand tons out of the 13 million and 655 thousand released for consumption. An increase of 3.1% compared to the quantities of 2018, which had seen 9 million and 270 thousand tons recycled.

Growth is mainly driven by a 6.2% increase in the recycling of waste from urban collection.

In steel, for example, Italy has shown that in 2019 a start-up recycling rate equal to 82.2% of the released for consumption, exceeding the target set for 2030 by the European circular economy directive , as indicated by the data of Ricrea, the national non-profit consortium for the recovery and recycling of steel packaging. In 2019, 399,006 tons of steel packaging were recycled, with an increase of 3.1% compared to 2018: jars and cans, spray cans, crown caps and capsules, milk, drums, steel drums were recovered thanks to the correct collection differentiated by citizens and can be recycled indefinitely. The data also recorded in 2019 a 4.7% increase in packaging collected compared to 2018, for a total of 480,921 tons. The data of the National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Aluminum Packaging (Cial) was also encouraging, for which 51,400 tons of aluminum packaging were recycled in 2019, equal to 70% of the total 73,400 tons placed on the market.

Source: ansa

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