Increase in waste recycling and reduction from 20 to 5% of landfill disposal, in addition to the production of biomethane from organic waste to be fed into the network, corresponding to the needs of 1800 families.
It is the new waste recycling plant at AlleCortine in the municipality of Asciano (Siena), inaugurated this morning after 18 months of work, in which a carbon dioxide capture system has also been installed which has obtained, among the very few in Italy, certification for food uses of the extracted CO2.
Owned by Sienambiente, the plant is equipped with the most modern technologies and one of the most advanced and innovative waste separation treatment systems at a national level.
New technologies that will make a concrete contribution to the circular economy with environmental benefits in terms of reduction of climate-altering gases for an overall annual saving of 102,420 tons of Co2, equivalent to the absorption of a forest of over 40 hectares.
"I am particularly proud of the modernization and expansion of the plant carried out by Sienambiente; the resources of our planet are not unlimited and the recovery of matter and energy is one of the cornerstones of the ecological transition, in which Tuscany strongly believes" said the President of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, present at the inauguration.
"In the project that was carried out, the increase in recycling, the reduction of climate-altering emissions and the creation of new jobs have materialised; we are satisfied with the great work carried out by our workers and technicians and we are ready to continue carrying out the service in the best possible way for the territory and for its community" the words of the president of Sienambiente Tiziano Scarpelli.
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