Integrating a further reduction of garbage disposal in landfills within regional and local plans

Stakeholders involved : Ariel’s targets audience are:

• The main Policy Makers and planners of industries specialized in plastic materials recovery and recycling
• Industrial/commercial actors of plastic materials Recovery and Recycling industries able to open or start-up markets for Ariel output materials

Integrare ulteriormente la riduzione dello smaltimento in discarica nei programmi regionali e locali.

Key actors and stakeholders involved include representatives with decision-making power from:

• regional authority (Regione Toscana) Department of environment and territory, waste management unit;
• regional environment agency (ARPAT) waste monitoring and control office; statistics office;
• provincial authorities governing the area served by Ariel partners: Florence, Prato and Pistoia waste management and spatial planning units;
• functional area waste management authorities (ATO): managers of current ATO5, ATO6, ATO10; (possibly aggregated in ATO CENTRO by the time of project implementation, as foreseen by regional law LR 204, 2007);
• provincial authority of Pisa, waste management and spatial planning units, because its landfill in Peccioli receives significant waste flows from current ATO5, ATO6, ATO10 (future ATO CENTRO);
• waste policy managers of the 73 interested municipalities served by Ariel partners;
• public service companies association (Confservizi CISPEL Toscana), waste commission;
• plastics national recycling consortia established by law (COREPLA, CONAI);
• other regional waste and recycling utilities; Industry Associations (provincial charters of Confindustria, CNA, Confartigianato, API, Confcooperative, Federcooperative, and others);
• most representative consumer associations (ADUC, Adiconsum, Adusbef, Federconsumatori, and others);
• most representative environmental associations (WWF, Legambiente, Italia Nostra, Comitati locali, and others).