SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES

To analyze the EU and Italian regulatory framework of separate waste collection and treatment.
To present a firm directly involved in the recycling process, in order to focus on the problems and the opportunities related to waste recycling.

COMPANY PROFILE

Since 1999, the Centro Riciclo Vedelago s.r.l. has been managing a stocking plant, with mechanical selection of waste for recycling materials.
The Centre receives material from municipalities, consortia and manufacturing companies which operate differentiated collection of waste. Inputs to the Centre are only authorised if there is the definite possibility of re-using certain materials (e.g. plastics, metals, glass, paper, wood).
The centre selects the materials according to their physical composition, reduces their volume and sends them to secondary plants or specialised companies which can use them in their productive cycles.