Cosenza - There are no more bins in Piane crater, the City has removed them for a year. No longer needed, were unsightly and unhygienic. Now, the waste will be collected at home, with door to door. Many small containers, filled with carefully selected materials. Recycle all Pianesi, 93% is garbage for a new life. Paper, glass, plastic, aluminum and various metals and hazardous waste, like batteries, are sent to specialized centers. Soon, very little, ends up in landfills.
So much so that next July 10, Michael Ambrose, the mayor of a small town (less than two thousand inhabitants) on the outskirts of Cosenza, in Rome will receive the prize "Riciclone 2008." A national award created by Legambiente in 1994 and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, which annually selects the local authority which has obtained the best results in waste management. The jury, composed of experts and companies in the sector, evaluates a set of parameters indicative of the sensitivity of the municipalities. The separate collection started in recycling, but also the acquisition of goods, works and services, which have enhanced the materials recovered. Data received by the municipalities, but verified on-site technicians, environmentalists and regional clubs, regional observatories Harp and regional.
E 'obviously pleased Mayor Ambrogio, "A prize so important to show that even a very small town in Calabria and Southern Italy can achieve positive signs in the area of \u200b\u200benvironmental awareness."
results "extraordinary" for national Legambiente, but not easy to achieve. A Piane Crati we have worked for years. Starting from the schools and fostering a close campaign. "Children - said Ambrose - were key, the engine that the administration has found within families." Then there were also economic performance, which is not a trivial matter and that demonstrate how to recycle ", besides being an act of civic education, is also convenient."
So much so that next July 10, Michael Ambrose, the mayor of a small town (less than two thousand inhabitants) on the outskirts of Cosenza, in Rome will receive the prize "Riciclone 2008." A national award created by Legambiente in 1994 and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, which annually selects the local authority which has obtained the best results in waste management. The jury, composed of experts and companies in the sector, evaluates a set of parameters indicative of the sensitivity of the municipalities. The separate collection started in recycling, but also the acquisition of goods, works and services, which have enhanced the materials recovered. Data received by the municipalities, but verified on-site technicians, environmentalists and regional clubs, regional observatories Harp and regional.
E 'obviously pleased Mayor Ambrogio, "A prize so important to show that even a very small town in Calabria and Southern Italy can achieve positive signs in the area of \u200b\u200benvironmental awareness."
results "extraordinary" for national Legambiente, but not easy to achieve. A Piane Crati we have worked for years. Starting from the schools and fostering a close campaign. "Children - said Ambrose - were key, the engine that the administration has found within families." Then there were also economic performance, which is not a trivial matter and that demonstrate how to recycle ", besides being an act of civic education, is also convenient."
Until a few years ago the administration brought in landfills over 40 tons of garbage per month for a cost that was about two thousand euro in recent times but the volumes have been reduced to less than two tonnes and the country pays 12 to 15 € per month. Mayor says: "My fellow citizens, have learned the lesson of Naples and Campania and intuition as through a careful policy and virtuous of recycling we can get to save up to 20% of waste charges.
And then there's the convenience, no more smelly bags gained on the way, everything is retired at home. And for emergencies, there are always islands. Three areas where you can leave your waste exceptionally is produced or who can not stay home for more than a day.
Now in Piane crater looks to the future, learned the lesson of the recycling Ambrose also aims to decrease the amount of "waste". "The next step, which however, is already proving successful in Tuscany and Emilia, is to pay the tax on real output of waste. To now the tax is based on square meters of housing, but we want to start thinking about the quantity. "In short, less dirty, less you pay.
(Source: La Repubblica)
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