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Italian waste policy battles and Sardinia crisis

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From May to early July 2026 Italian municipalities repeatedly opposed resisted projects they viewed as considered threats to heritage, health or the environment – from contested environment, including property‑management deals in Cerignola and Arezzo to refusals of Arezzo, a coastal highway in Calabria and a waste‑to‑energy plant expansion in Forlì‑Cesena. Councils in Ceriale, Cerro Maggiore, Civita Castellana and Caulonia moved against opposed rail relocations, data‑centers, landfills and illegal dumping, while mayors around Roccasecca coordinated to protect a regional “zero‑waste” system. On 1 July the National Committee of Environmental Managers re‑classified coffee‑capsule waste as packaging, eliminating a special‑handling code. Further developments emerged in early July. The EU’s EU Regulation 2025/40 on packaging waste took effect on 12 August, imposing a €45‑per‑tonne contribution for compostable coffee capsules and extending producer‑responsibility rules. In Italy, the The Marche region prepared to vote its voted on a new waste waste‑management plan on 28 July, emphasizing a circular‑economy approach, self‑sufficient facilities and warning against locating a waste‑to‑energy plant in Corinaldo. Legambiente named Barletta a “Comuni Ricicloni” for achieving roughly 71 % recycling, and several other municipalities topped national waste‑collection rankings. On 28 July the Marche regional council approved a contested waste‑management July. The plan that authorises a 370,000‑ton‑per‑year incinerator to be built by 2035, with an estimated €370‑500 million investment. The plan investment, and reduces the minimum distance between incinerators and residences incinerator‑residence setback from 1,500 m to 1,000 m. Local groups such as Progetto Marche, councilor Leonardo Catena, the Sinistra Italiana Pesaro party Municipal councils in Corinaldo, Macerata and Corinaldo’s municipal council opposed other towns voted unanimously against the measure, citing lack of transparency, higher TARI taxes, projected CO₂ emissions of about 300,000 t per year incinerator component. Regional assessor Tiziano Consoli outlined a working‑group, site‑selection phase and the safety‑distance cut. strategic environmental assessment, forecasting a five‑to‑seven‑year path to construction. Demonstrators gathered outside Palazzo Leopardi demanding under the slogan “Non serve un forno, serve un Piano”. Legambiente named Barletta a comprehensive waste‑reduction strategy instead of new incineration capacity. “Comuni Ricicloni” for achieving roughly 71 % recycling, and several other municipalities topped national waste‑collection rankings. In late July the regional Sardinian waste‑management system in Sardinia collapsed, leading to the suspension of plastic‑packaging collection at the So.Ma. Ricicla plant.

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