Integrated waste management in the municipality

The contract covers all the services envisaged in the ARO Plan approved by D.D.G. No. 590 of 7 May 2015. In particular, the service provided by the Messinaservizi Bene Comune S.p.A. has made it possible to achieve such high levels of separate waste collection in just a few years that the city of Messina among the first ten cities metropolitan areas of Italy, as shown in the attached table.

To date, the level achieved (May 2023 figure) is 57.02% while the average figure from 1 January 2023 to date is 55.09%. The attached tables show the evolution of separate collection.

# Cities Reg Population Residents Surface km2 Density inhabitants/km2 Altitude m a.s.l. % RD %
1 Milan LOM 1.366.180,00 181,67 7 589 122 65,52%
2 Venice VEN 262.321,00 415,9 626 2 65,17%
3 Padua VEN 210.912,00 93,03 2.267 12 61,28%
4 Bologna EMR 389.261,00 140,86 2.773 54 57,24%
5 Verona VEN 257.275,00 198,92 1.297 59 54,49%
6 Florence TOS 380.948,00 102,32 3.703 50 53,49%
7 Turin PIE 875.698,00 130,01 6.736 239 53,54%
8 Messina SIC 235.012,00 213,75 1.088 3 53,47%
9 Rome LAZ 2.856.133,00 1.287,36 2.219 20 44,98%
10 Trieste FVG 204.267,00 85,11 2.400 2 41,69%
11 Genoa LIG 580.097,00 240,29 2.405 19 39,92%
12 Bari PUG 323.370,00 117,39 2.733 5 38,35%
13 Naples CAM 966.144,00 119,02 8.059 17 37,50%
14 Palermo SIC 668.405,00 160,59 4.131 14 13,60%
15 Catania SIC 311.620,00 182,9 1.704 7 11,29%

From June 2022 (RD figure: 52.69%) to May 2023 (RD figure: 57.02%) the increase in separate waste collection was 4.33%

Waste Data

Years 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Production Total Kg. 120.189.457 111.860.309 101.878.379 97.952.126 99.853.889
Collection Diff. Packaging Kg. 7.322.056 10.004.516 15.985.820 24.099.067 24.550.888
Collection Diff. Other waste Kg. 10.465.613 10.668.197 10.694.117 7.583.542 8.372.122
Total Differentiated Kg. 21.745.670 25.969.714 32.557.936 42.228.466 53.389.669
% separate collection % 18,09% 23,22% 31,96% 43,11% 53,47%
Total undifferentiated MSW Kg. 102.401.787 91.187.595 75.198.443 55.723.660 46.464.220

Given the trend data, it is the hope of Messinaservizi reach 60% by 31.12.2023.

In this regard, appropriate measures were put in place to achieve the objective, including the modification of the collection calendar bringing the collection of paper and glass packaging to a weekly frequency and introducing a new collection and transport method using compacting semi-trailers.

As far as the sweeping services Already during the first half of 2023, services were strengthened with the activation of 9 additional sweeping teams. The reinforcement will be even more evident during the second half of 2023 with the activation of 18 sweeping teams.

Status: The level of services is constantly evolving
Completion: Achievement of 60% of RD by 31.12.2023

Data collection

Messinaservizi Bene Comune S.p.A. is the 'in house providing' company with the sole shareholder Municipality of Messina, which manages the integrated waste cycle, street and beach cleaning, door-to-door collection, and other essential services for the environment, hygiene and decorum of the city, such as the removal of illegal dumps, market cleaning, weeding and management of collection centres.

The company, operational since the first March 2018It aims to achieve European standards on material recovery levels and to increase separate waste collection in the municipality of Messina.

Data Summary Separate Collection 2021

Grand total Collections (Kg) 7.562.708,00
Undifferentiated from Collection (Kg) 5.876.860,00
Total differentiated (Kg) 1.685.848,00
% Differentiated 22,29%

% of separate collection 2021

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