{"id":94,"date":"2017-08-20T08:10:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T08:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/italprogetfc.it\/?p=94"},"modified":"2022-06-06T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:18:08","slug":"la-gestione-dei-rifiuti-in-epoca-covid-19-le-soluzioni-messe-in-campo-da-alea-ambiente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italprogetfc.it\/en\/2017\/08\/20\/la-gestione-dei-rifiuti-in-epoca-covid-19-le-soluzioni-messe-in-campo-da-alea-ambiente\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste management in the Covid-19 era: the solutions implemented by Alea Ambiente"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waste management in the Covid-19 era: the solutions implemented by Alea Ambiente<\/span><\/h2><\/div>
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We decided to take stock with Paolo Di Giovanni, General Manager of Alea Ambiente on the current situation and future prospects. Alea Ambiente protects the territory and manages resources in a sustainable way, starting from the prevention of waste production in 13 municipalities in the province of Forl\u00ec.<\/p>\n

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  • The systems have been shut down and the recycling chain system has stalled. How did lockdown waste affect the disposal cycle?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    During the lockdown, Alea Ambiente was involved in the front line alongside the citizens, on the one hand, through the sanitation of the roads, on the other, with the management of the door-to-door collection service, in particular towards homes where there were people who tested positive to the swab, or in conditions of isolation or mandatory quarantine imposed by the Health Authorities. In these cases, where the provisions in force provided for the suspension of separate collection and disposal in an incinerator of the waste produced, we have enhanced the dry waste collection service (unsorted), providing these users, through our call centre, the possibility of requesting a dedicated collection on call. As for the system of the recycling chain, while being aware of its temporary standstill, this did not affect our activity, which continued with the delivery of waste in the usual systems of final destination.<\/p>\n

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    • The closure of production and commercial activities has caused, on the one hand, a momentary decrease in special and urban waste, on the other, however, it has seen an exponential increase in sanitary waste. How has the emergency been handled in this regard? What have been the guidelines issued by the Government also on the protection of operators?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Throughout the emergency period, Alea Ambiente has scrupulously followed the provisions issued by the Ministry of Health, the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Romagna Region's Health Authority, both with regard to the treatment of medical waste, and in terms of operator safety: equipment of sanitising and disinfecting material for the hands and for the cleaning of vehicle interiors, in addition to the individual safety devices already provided (gloves, safety shoes, etc.). To protect counter operators, however, access to users has been limited, encouraging the use of online or telephone channels for non-urgent communications. Finally, with regard to production activities, we have adopted a whole series of measures to help companies, which during the lockdown had in many cases been forced to suspend production: from the zeroing of TARIP for the period of inactivity to facilitations on the payment of the 2019 adjustment.<\/p>\n

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      • Has the Covid-19 emergency in any way brought to light any fragility in the waste management system? Can it serve as an impetus to accelerate the transition to the circular economy?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        It is difficult to say whether the situation has favoured a shift towards the circular economy, but as for the territory served by Alea Ambiente, we can say that it has confirmed the effectiveness of the waste collection and management system that we have built since 2018. In particular, the door-to-door collection represented an added value for users, both for those who tested positive or who were quarantined, and for others, who in any case during the lockdown did not have to worry about going out to deliver the waste, leaving it to our operators to collect iit at street level at their homes.<\/p>\n

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        • The Higher Institute for Research and Environmental Protection (Ispra) has estimated that at the end of the year only for masks and gloves will be thrown in the garbage almost 300 thousand tonnes that go into unsorted waste collection. Added to these are disposable products that, from the takeaways of bars to the nonwoven fabric cloaks of hairdressers to the visors of beauticians, are growing for obvious reasons of hygiene and safety. Looking to a more sustainable future, what solutions can be put in place to improve forecasts?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          The model promoted by Alea Ambiente is based on a virtuous system that considers waste a resource from which to generate value, and that aims to protect the environment and those who inhabit it through the reduction of waste produced and the increase in the percentage of separate waste collection (which today has reached the considerable share of 82% in our territory). For this reason, we can only be concerned about the increase in the use of disposable products and that, which results, in the production of unsorted waste; certainly many of these products could be replaced, as is already being done, with those that can be washed and sanitised, but this is part of a broader theme, which concerns the sensitivity and the collective mentality; aspects on which Alea Ambiente tries to constantly leverage with information and awareness campaigns, for example on the quality of materials to be recycled.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>