TOPIC
Special and Hazardous Waste Management

SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To have an overview about technology and management of a solid, industrial, special and hazardous waste landfill.

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
Ever since its creation in 1984, Barricalla S.p.A., a mixed public and private capital stock company, has conceived its mission as that of serving as a benchmark for the protection of the environment. Barricalla's waste disposal system rises on the outskirts of Turin. The facility was built on the site of an old quarry, about 20 m deep, with a volume of 600,000 m³. This volume was broken down into 3 separate landfill sections. One of them, measuring 100,000 m³ has already been completed and sealed, the second one, measuring 230,000 m³ has been used since 1997, and the third (for the remaining 270,000 m³) has recently been subjected to the Environmental Impact Evaluation to request the approval for use. Upon the completion of the facility, the entire area will be reclaimed as a fully equipped public park. Unique of its kind in Northern Italy, the system has been designed to dispose of solid waste materials of industrial origin rated as "special" and "hazardous", which are accepted after a scrupulous type-approval procedure.