SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this visit is to show an advanced example of automatic waste selection plant.

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
A.M.A. S.p.A., Azienda Municipale Ambiente (Municipal Environment Agency) - funded in 1985 - is an Italian leading company in the field of environmental services and Urban Solid Waste managing. A.M.A. provides urban hygiene services across the area of the Municipality of Rome - the largest in Italy - by ensuring the daily collection, haulage and disposal of about 4,000 tons of wastes, the cleaning of streets and pavements covering a total area of 25 millions square meters and the cleaning of 250 local markets, 5 big city markets and weekly markets. Moreover, A.M.A. carries out the separate collection of glass, plastic aluminium and metal, the recovery of hazardous urban waste, such as batteries and pharmaceutical products, vehicle batteries and abandoned syringes and - upon request - the cleaning of cesspools. A.M.A. has more than 6600 employees in Italy and about 3000 abroad with A.M.A. International S.p.A.