Cost-Benefit Analysis of separate paper and board collection in Italy

Comieco has entrusted AGICI to perform a cost-benefit analysis of separate paper and board collection as a preliminary review of the data and numbers available to the Consortium highlighted that no research had ever been carried out to stress the economic, social, and environmental benefits of separate collection.

The separate paper and board collection carried out in the past six years in Italy highlights a widely positive cost-benefit analysis.

The cost-benefit ratio shows a positive balance of 610 million EUR as a result of the difference between total costs for 436 million EUR and benefits for 1,050 million EUR.