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We transform
organic waste into resources
for agriculture and soils

Circular Economy in Italy

Circular Economy for biowaste in Italy​

Italy is one of the EU countries leading the separate

collection of MSW: in 2021, a quota of 64%

(including biowaste, packaging waste, WEEs and others)

of all MSW was separately collected and recycled.

 

Biowaste accounts for 39,0% of sources segregated waste.

 

About 52 million inhabitants are involved

in intensive collection schemes for biowaste

(foodwaste + greenwaste) diverting about 7,4 Mtons

of biowaste from disposal to recycling.

 

Hence over the last 30 years, an industrial sector

for biowaste recycling has developed and consolidated in Italy.

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In the last 15 years, the number of recycling

facilities increased by 2-3% each year.

 

In 2021, there were 356 composting

or Anaerobic Digestion & Composting facilities,

reaching a total treatment capacity

of about 10,2 million tons.

 

CIC estimateabout 2.000 workers directly

employed in biowaste sector and 10.000

employees in the other activities related to th

e biowaste recycling (i.e. collection, technical support

for planning and building plants, activities to promote

the use of compost), with high growth prospects in the future.

COMPOSTING

MATERIAL RECOVERY

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

ENERGY and MATERIAL RECOVERY

TREATMENT CAPACITY

5.8 Mtons/year

COMBINED TREATMENT CAPACITY  

more than 5.0 Mtons