ENVIRONMENT: SOIL

 

THE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE IN REGGIO EMILIA

Soil is a natural resource that can be polluted by the disposal of solid waste produced by humans –garbage. This is an environmental, economic and social problem.
Garbage is everything you throw away after use

AMOUNT OF GARBAGE PRODUCED IN REGGIO EMILIA

YEAR 2000

SELECTED COLLECTION

(kg / person * year)

NON SELECTED

(kg / person *year)

TOTAL GARBAGE

(kg / person *year)

 

231

430

661

INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR: %

 

25

2

9

THE ROAD MAP OF GARBAGE:

Garbage is collected from homes by truck, then it is conveyed into the landfill or to the incinerator. Selected collection of waste leads to recycling old waste into the production of new objects.

All the data used in these pages are taken from ARPA Reggio Emilia and ENIA-AGAC.

Incinerator
Landfill
Recycling