Reduction of waste and improved waste management Pillar 10

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1 Reduction of waste and improved waste management Pillar 10 Besides determining a higher consumption of natural resources (i.e., water, Energy etc.), it is also well known that tourism increases waste production. This pillar has been developed on the basis of the data on the amount of recycled and solid waste produced by the Municipalities of the Province of Pisa. Such data, which refer to the waste produced and recycled in the previous year, have to be compulsorily communicated by the Municipalities to the Urban Waste Management Authority (ATO Toscana Costa) and to the Regional Resource Recovery Agency (ARRR) by April every year. The following data refer to the year Although provisory (they still have to be certified by the Regional Resource Recovery Agency they show in detail the most recent relationship between the amount of recycled waste and the total amount of waste produced by all the Municipalities of the Province of Pisa. Municipality Recycled waste (tonne) Total amount of waste produced (tonne) Recycled waste/total amount of waste produced Bientina % Buti % Calci % Calcinaia % Capannoli % Casale Marittimo % Casciana Terme % Cascina % Castefranco di Sotto % Castellina Marittima % Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina % Chianni % Crespina % Fauglia % Guardistallo % Lajatico % Lari % Lorenzana % Montecatini Val di Cecina % Montescudaio %

2 Monteverdi Marittimo % Montopoli in Valdarno % Orciano Pisano % Palaia % Peccioli % PISA % Pomarance % Ponsacco % Pontedera % Riparbella % San Giuliano Terme % San Miniato % Santa Croce sull'arno % Santa Luce % Santa Maria a Monte % Terricciola % Vecchiano % Vicopisano % Volterra % Province of Pisa (Total) %

3 Percentage of recycled waste over the total amount of waste produced Figure 1 shows clearly that the Municipalities recording the highest percentage of recycled waste are those that have implemented a door-to-door waste collection system, i.e., Vecchiano, San Giuliano Terme, Calci, Bientina, Castelfranco di Sotto, Santa Maria a Monte, Pontedera, Calcinaia, Lari, San Miniato, Ponsacco, and Santa Croce sull Arno. In this context, the Municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina represents an exception. Despite not having implemented any door-to-door waste collection system, the percentage of recycled waste here collected ranks second only to the Municipality of Vecchiano. All that can be explained as follows. First of all, it is worth remembering that the year 2011 (i.e., the year to which the following data refer) was characterized by heavy snows, which made it necessary emergency pruning for a huge number of damaged plants. Secondly, the Municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina provides the following services: electronic and electric waste collection (Consorzio RAEE) 1 ; a door-to-door system for traders and restaurateurs (paper and glass recycling); multi-material banks and containers for waste paper close to farmhouses; bulky pickup collection; waste oil recovery Olindo ; a drop-off centre open all the mornings and two afternoons per week. Lastly, it is worth highlighting that the Municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina is a luxuriant area and its green waste (i.e., prunings) are collected separately. Municipality Recycled waste over total amount of waste produced (percent values) Santa Luce 15.5 Guardistallo 17.9 Casciana Terme 18.6 Terricciola 19.1 Palaia 19.1 Casale Marittimo 19.4 Lorenzana 19.6 Montescudaio 21.7 Riparbella 22.2 Lajatico 22.5 Chianni 22.9 Fauglia 24.4 Orciano Pisano 25 Buti 27.1 Castellina Marittima 29.3 Volterra 29.8 Montopoli in Valdarno 30.1 Crespina 30.2 Pomarance 30.4 Peccioli 30.4 Montecatini Val di Cecina 32.3 Capannoli The management of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE Directive, i.e., Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive) was officially implemented in Italy by the Legislative Decree 151 of 2005 in November 2007, thereby assigning the responsibility for financing and managing waste directly to the Producers of the equipment pursuant to the provisions established by the EU Directive (2002/96/EC). Source: Centro di Coordinamento RAEE

4 Cascina 36.3 Vicopisano 36.4 PISA 37 Santa Croce sull'arno 38.2 Ponsacco 39.4 San Miniato 41 Lari 41.3 Calcinaia 41.9 Monteverdi Marittimo 42.1 Pontedera 42.1 Santa Maria a Monte 43.2 Castelfranco di Sotto 44.8 Bientina 54.8 Calci 61.5 San Giuliano Terme 63.9 Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina 64 Vecchiano 66

5 Total amount of recycled waste over waste produced (percent values) Vecchiano Castelnuovo di Val di San Giuliano Terme Calci Bientina Castefranco di Sotto Santa Maria a Monte Pontedera Monteverdi Marittimo Calcinaia Lari San Miniato Ponsacco Santa Croce sull'arno PISA Vicopisano Cascina Capannoli Montecatini Val di Cecina Peccioli Pomarance Crespina Montopoli in Valdarno Volterra Castellina Marittima Buti Orciano Pisano Fauglia Chianni Lajatico Riparbella Montescudaio Lorenzana Casale Marittimo Palaia Terricciola Casciana Terme Guardistallo Santa Luce , Total amount of recycled waste over waste produced (percent values) Figure 1 Recycled waste over the total amount of waste produced (percent values). [Source: Municipal Departments for Environment through ATO Toscana Costa].

6 Recycled waste per capita Municipality Recycled waste per capita (tonne) Santa Luce Terricciola Casciana Terme Guardistallo Palaia Lorenzana Chianni Lajatico Riparbella Orciano Pisano Fauglia Buti Montopoli in Valdarno Casale Marittimo Peccioli Crespina Pomarance Capannoli Montecatini Val di Cecina Volterra Cascina Montescudaio Ponsacco Lari Santa Maria a Monte Castellina Marittima Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina San Miniato Santa Croce sull'arno Vicopisano Castefranco di Sotto Calcinaia Calci 0,262 Monteverdi Marittimo San Giuliano Terme Bientina Pontedera PISA Vecchiano 0.322

7 It is worth stressing the apparent anomaly represented by the Municipality of Pisa. Despite not providing a door-to-door waste collection system; recording a high tourism inflow, and, probably, receiving waste dumped by people living in the neighbouring Municipalities, the percentage of recycled waste is here 37% (fig. 1). As a matter of fact, as regards the amount of waste produced per capita, the Municipality of Pisa ranks second among the less virtuous Municipalities of the Province (fig. 3), whereas it ranks second as regards recycled waste per capita. That is, in the Municipality of Pisa the amount of waste produced (by students, tourists etc) is considerable. However, a quite significant amount of this waste is collected and sorted for recovery and/or recycling. The reasons underlying this anomaly can be found, on the one hand, in the wide coastal green area (in Tirrenia there is a pruning waste centre); on the other hand, in the implementation by local authorities of mobile and computer equipped recycling drop-off centres (i.e., Centri Ambientali Mobili); a local drop-off centre open all days; lastly, the introduction of points cards allowing citizens to benefit from reductions on solid waste taxes and fees when going to drop-off centres and leaving their waste.

8 Recycled waste per capita (tonne) Vecchiano PISA Pontedera Bientina San Giuliano Terme Monteverdi Marittimo Calci Calcinaia Castefranco di Sotto Vicopisano Santa Croce sull'arno San Miniato Castelnuovo di Val di Castellina Marittima Santa Maria a Monte Lari Ponsacco Montescudaio Cascina Volterra Montecatini Val di Cecina Capannoli Pomarance Crespina Peccioli Casale Marittimo Montopoli in Valdarno Buti Fauglia Orciano Pisano Riparbella Lajatico Chianni Lorenzana Palaia Guardistallo Casciana Terme Terricciola Santa Luce , Recycled waste per capita Figure 2. Recycled waste per capita (tonne). [Source: Municipal Departments for Environment through ATO Toscana Costa].

9 Total amount of waste per capita Municipality Total amount of waste per capita (tonne) Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina Calci San Giuliano Terme Santa Maria a Monte Vecchiano Terricciola Lari Montopoli in Valdarno Ponsacco Santa Luce Buti Capannoli Cascina Bientina Casciana Terme Castefranco di Sotto Chianni Orciano Pisano Peccioli Fauglia San Miniato Lajatico Guardistallo Riparbella Crespina Pomarance Montecatini Val di Cecina Lorenzana Palaia Calcinaia Santa Croce sull'arno Volterra Vicopisano Monteverdi Marittimo Pontedera Castellina Marittima Casale Marittimo PISA Montescudaio 0.895

10 Total amount of waste per capita (tonne) Montescudaio PISA Casale Marittimo Castellina Marittima Pontedera Monteverdi Marittimo Vicopisano Volterra Santa Croce sull'arno Calcinaia Palaia Lorenzana Montecatini Val di Cecina Pomarance Crespina Riparbella Guardistallo Lajatico San Miniato Fauglia Peccioli Orciano Pisano Chianni Castefranco di Sotto Casciana Terme Bientina Cascina Capannoli Buti Santa Luce Ponsacco Montopoli in Valdarno Lari Terricciola Vecchiano Santa Maria a Monte San Giuliano Terme Calci Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina Total amount of waste per capita Figure 3. Total amount of waste per capita (tonne). [Source: Municipal Departments for Environment through ATO Toscana Costa].