Before exposing this mini-guide to recycling in detail, we must clearly clarify that the subdivision shown applies to large cities such as Turin, Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples. In the small and medium-large Italian cities, different rules might apply.
Always check on a site to put in your favorites: Refuse, where you find news, information on recycling, how to make composting and keep up to date thanks to courses and conferences where the well-being of the planet is discussed, starting with the maintenance of the cities in we live in.
Guide to differentiated collection from city to city
Several Italians maintain a reductionist attitude towards recycling, those who ride the wave of "much then remix everything". We are here to find out and pass on information to you.
Meanwhile, it is always better not to stand with folded arms, rather, to overcome laziness in the name of the beautiful country in which we live.
Official site for recycling in Milan; information on the AMSA, projects and suppliers, cumbersome collections and recycling, waste regulations and customer service;
Official site for recycling in Rome; where to throw away, because differentiate, the services of the neighborhood, cumbersome collection, reports to the AMA ;
Official site for separate waste collection in Bologna: site provided with customer service, info on the types of waste and on the neighborhood collection by neighborhood;
Official site for differentiated collection in Naples: from the site it is possible to consult the cartographic portal of the ASIA which shows a map of the territory with information on roads and on the location of bells, ecological islands, etc .;
Official site for separate waste collection in Turin: website of the AMIAT, Multiservice Company Environmental Hygiene Turin, provides information on calls for tenders, legislation, together with an area dedicated to environmental legislation. Calling the Amiat Toll-Free Number 800-017277 you can request the calendar showing the disposal steps, remembering to provide your address and telephone number.
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Differentiate the plastic
Packaging plastic means all plastic that has been used as a container. Plastic boxes designed to store food, as well as detergents or cosmetic products . Empty them, rinse them . The classic Styrofoam tub of ice cream consumed as a snack or for dessert, the nets for potatoes, fruit or vegetables. The plastic bags in use until 2010 can find a well-deserved rest together with the plastic containers.
Do not insert toys or hard cases of CDs and DVDs, destined for the generic garbage bag.
Differentiate the card
You've read everything in the last few days. You scribbled in abundance during long telephone conversations. You have made shopping lists, actions to complete. You have opened packages, boxes . Tattered, folded, emptied and crushed. Also applies to beverage containers commonly called t etrapak . Remember to remove adhesive tapes, staples, non-cellulosic materials.
Do not insert used tissues, wax paper and baking paper or fiscal receipts, made with thermal papers whose components react to heat and create recycling problems.
Differentiated glass
There is a certain pleasure when you go to throw away the glass. You have the opportunity to let off steam and enjoy the noise of the material that breaks. It is not the sound of a distraction that makes the vase collapse, a careless act for which the glass flies to the ground. No, when you throw the glass, do it without hesitation and let off steam. Bottles, bottles, jars without cap .
It may take an extra trick: before you go and throw them away, make sure they are well cleaned . Then rinse well the glass jars that contain tomato puree, jams, sauces, chocolate spread, jars of cosmetic products.
We need a trick in less on which perhaps not everyone is aware: it is not necessary to remove the labels, because this operation is an integral part of the glass recycling process. Aluminum cans and cans also go into the glass bin. Always check if the bins of your city are only glass or only plastic or if they have been specifically designed to accommodate the containers of both materials.
Differentiate the wet
Packaging with the new-generation PLA inscription derives from vegetables and must be thrown away in the wet or in the black bag. Also belonging to this group are the new supermarket bags, which resemble plastics but are biodegradable, so they go into the organic and not into the plastic container. Do not throw in diapers or sanitary napkins in the wet, unless they are made of natural fibers .
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