Study on municipal waste prevention measures adopted by municipalities
The Report presents a study on the measures to prevent the production of urban waste adopted by local administrations to which a specific questionnaire prepared by ISPRA. This questionnaire is divided into 20 questions elaborated in the light of the measures established for the new National Waste Prevention Program by art. 180 of Legislative Decree 152/06 (amended by Legislative Decree 116/2020).
The questions concern measures relating to reuse and preparation for reuse, measures to reduce food waste and packaging, the use of single-use plastic, the dispersion of waste on marine and / or lake and / or river beaches and in general the initiatives for the collection of abandoned waste.
The objective of the study is to define new indicators on the basis of the information acquired on the prevention measures implemented at local level.
The work falls within the scope of the Agreement with the Ministry of ecological transition relating to technical - scientific and legal - administrative research activities aimed at guaranteeing the implementation of Article 206 bis of Legislative Decree 152 / 2006 relating to the supervision and control of waste.
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