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Italy steps up waste enforcement amid new dump raids
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Italy intensifies steps up waste enforcement and recycling drive amid new dump raids
The nationwide crackdown on illegal waste dumping and the push for higher recycling rates rates, launched in early July, has broadened. continued to expand. After early‑July actions in Bari, Torricella, Bisceglie and other towns, authorities added new measures in late July. On introduced stricter measures: on 20 July Gravina warned residents that plastic in black bags will not be collected, while Naples’ public‑housing districts suspended halted green‑space maintenance despite fees still being charged. Police fees, and police in Bari again uncovered an illegal another open‑air dump on at the Santo Spirito waterfront, fining its manager €1,500. In Alghero, issuing a €1,500 fine. Parallel initiatives included high parking fines were imposed under a fire‑risk ordinance, sparking criticism. Legal and political opposition in Alghero, petitions to waste facilities intensified. San Giovanni Incarico and 91 communes petitioned the European Parliament to block over the Roccasecca landfill reopening and to halt the Cerreto expansion. Residents and businesses expansion, appeals in Cingoli filed a double appeal to the regional administrative court, Cingoli, and Montemarciano’s mayor criticised criticism of a new waste‑treatment plant approved by the TAR. in Montemarciano. Misano Adriatico’s mayor Adriatico announced tighter inspections, fines of €1,500‑€18,000 and photo‑traps and fines up to curb dumping, €18 000, while trade unions warned that TARI tariffs have risen up to flagged a 39 % rise in TARI tariffs since 2020. The regional government Regional contracts were signed major for wastewater‑treatment contracts: a €29.6 million depuratore plants in Benevento (€29.6 m) and the multi‑million‑euro Tono project in Messina. Nucleco began shipments of low‑activity radioactive waste from Casaccia to the UK for incineration. Recycling performance remains strong: strong, with CONAI reported reporting a 77.3 % packaging recycling rate for 2025, with paper‑cardboard at 92.6 %. However, though overall recycling fell to 68.9 % in some areas and TARI is set to increase rise nearly 6 % in 2026, raising household bills by about €8, and some areas saw 2026. On 28 July 2026 the overall recycling share fall to 68.9 %. AI‑enabled cameras have been installed Forest Corps in Ravello Sicily seized an illegal dump in Noto, charging a 53‑year‑old resident with illegal management, concealment and are under consideration burial of demolition waste hidden in Senorbì pits on his brother’s land; prosecutors highlighted the raid as a possible first step in exposing a wider illicit‑waste network linked to deter illegal dumps. the construction boom. The “Rottamazione quinquies” tax‑debt settlement scheme continues to be debated, with Rome same day, residents of Giovecca in Romagna reported a fresh open‑air dump of mixed waste around an abandoned house, and Milan opting out. Lombardy towns have joined the enforcement drive. Messina authorities posted a warning that surveillance footage of a growing mini‑landfill on Via Felice Bisazza would be handed to investigators.
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