Paper and Board Collection, Recycling, and Recovery in Italy in 2012

For more than 20 years, CONAI has been a virtuous example for recycling packaging waste, while also playing a leading role in Italy’s Green Economy. In fact, CONAI’s work not only focuses on protecting the environment but also on creating economic and social value, with a major positive...

While this 24th Report on the Recycling, and Recovery of Paper and Board may look like a statistical exercise, I believe that the data and the development of separate paper and board collection provide, as such, evidence of the excellent results of paper and board packaging recycling in Italy. We...

Separate paper and board collection, like all human activities, can be constantly improved, as shown by the 2017 trend: with almost 3.3 million tons of paper and board collected separately and recycled, thus avoiding disposal, a 1.6% increase was recorded, i.e. over 50thousand tons more compared to ...