it is not enough. The Municipality will reward those who recycle the most
Separate waste collection in Naples today stands at 37.6%. Ten years ago it was 18.4%. In the years of the de Magistris administration it has doubled, but it is still far below acceptable values and in the last two years it has slowed down, especially in the Porta a Porta area. Upcoming prizes for those who make the differentiated. While Asìa wants to make 400 hires by December.
the rseparate collection of waste in Naples today is al 37.6%. Ten years ago it was 18.4%. In the years of administration de Magistris it has doubled, but it is still far below acceptable values and in the last two years it has suffered a slowdown especially in Porta a Porta a cause of Covid and the poor quality of recycling. Especially the quality of recycling is in the sights, which is not always excellent: often in the cardboard bins there are also pieces of plastic and vice versa. Among the difficulties that still occur today, it is street sweeping and washing, related to the lack of staff. Problems that have been tried to mitigate with the purchase of mechanical sweepers that are now in operation in some Municipalities, such as Vomero-Arenella. 400 hires to be hired by December.
here is the budget of Asia, the urban hygiene society chaired by Maria De Marco, on the state of the art in Naples. The dossier with the results achieved in recent years and the goals for the next 5 years has been handed over to the new Councilor for the Environment Paolo Mancuso and it is on the desk of the mayor Gaetano Manfredi. “With the new Municipal Administration – explains the president of Asìa Maria De Marco to Fanpage.it – a dialogue has begun to illustrate the state of the art that has seen the company take giant steps into atavistic delays in a dramatic period, such as the explosion of the pandemic and the lockdown that devastated everyday life and which, despite everything, had to face to overcome it, Naples is a candidate to carry out the PNRR projects that will fill Asia’s atavistic delays on plants “.
Separate collection: in Naples only one out of three does it
But where did we start from and what are the objectives for the next few years on separate waste collection in Naples? According to Asìa, the growth curve of the percentage of differentiated collection “is in constant, but slow, growth, except for inevitable slowdowns due to contingent crises”. In 2019, for example, the staff quality crisis. In 2020 the Covid-19 crisis. Every year in the economic planning document (PEF) the possible percentage of growth of the RD is communicated, the documents are published in transparent society. The latest figures say that it has passed from 18.4% in 2011 to 37.6% in August 2021.
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The system is also active in all districts Door to Door collection with condominium bins, with different coverage percentages. In February 2021, 100% was reached in the V Municipality, Vomero-Arenella. Even where there is no such collection system, citizens can differentiate thanks to road equipment, ecological islands, dedicated itinerant ecological islands and collection reservations.
“Today in Naples everything is recycled – explains Maria De Marco – through the increasingly pushed collection: paper, glass, plastics, aluminum, cartons, bulky items, WEEE, refrigerators, tires, oils, drugs, paints, aggregates, toner; Asia meets the needs of citizens by withdrawing bulky items upon reservation; communicating the presence in the neighborhoods of itinerant stations for the collection of WEEE and used vegetable oils – one of the last major efforts to recover a phantom, highly polluting and interceptable fraction. With the company that won the tender we are positioning the containers for oil collection inside the condominiums ”.
Upcoming prizes for those who sort waste
Among the hypotheses being examined by Asia to increase separate waste collection over the years there is also that of introducing bonuses and incentives. “One imagines experiences – explains De Marco – small“ sample ”paths with cards for TARIP or “plastic-eating” stations with recognition of points / discounts at the ecological islands or metro stations. We too would like to arrive at a reward to encourage, disseminate and improve the Separate Collection, but we can do it through small gadgets since the Company does not intervene directly on the TARI.
Finally, one is underway information campaign which aims at the re-sharing of the rules of conduct, of the information useful for carrying out a differentiated collection of quality. “Pills of environmental education – continues De Marco – are also disseminated through social media. We consider it an indispensable phase because we strongly feel the crisis of values that leads the city to a generalized “rejection” of those rules, precisely this coexistence, which are the basis of civil coexistence. We want to give back to citizens and recover corporate trust “.
Street washing and sweeping
What is the situation on the city washing and sweeping? The sweeping service is suffering due to a shortage of staff and this is felt more on this segment of the Urban Decor. However, it has been enhanced with the inclusion of mechanized sweeping with vehicles of different capacity and different power supply.
Asìa, 400 hires to be hired by December
Asìa’s problem is the lack of staff. The hiring requirements plan approved by the Municipality in 2019 provided for the hiring of 250 units. Every year that passes Asia loses about 100 work units; indicatively, in addition to the 250 already communicated, another 150 units are missing. Deficiencies that weigh above all in the operating sectors, such as sweeping and collection. “The new updated requirement plan – explains De Marco – it could be approved by the Municipality in December. Naples could hire at no cost to the Municipality, over 400 people in the context of essential services “. The new employees will strengthen the urban decoration services, especially on the door-to-door collection which has progressively slowed down. Asìa then intends to buy new vehicles, focusing on the electric hybrid.
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