The average expenditure of families on waste collection was 329 euros in 2024, an increase of 2.6% compared to the previous year. This became known by the 2024 report of the Cittadinanzattiva Price and Tariff Observatory on the Tari implemented by Italian state capitals in 2024.
Which are the cheapest regions and provinces?
In the report on Tari, implemented by Italy’s provincial capitals in 2024, a family of 3 people living in a 100 square meter house was taken as reference. Catania is the provincial capital where you pay the most: 594 euros per year without any change in 2023; On the other hand, Trento is the place where you will pay the least: 183 euros, slightly lower than in 2023.
The top ten most expensive capital cities include Benevento, Latina, Messina and Salerno; In its place are Andria, Cagliari, Pistoia and Trapani. Among the ten cheapest, Bolzano leaves and Siena enters.
When you look at national regions, you discover that you spend more and differentiate less in the South. Trentino Alto Adige is the cheapest region (203 euros), while Puglia is the most expensive: the average rate is 426.50 euros, up over 4% compared to the previous year.
The report found increasing changes in 84 of the 110 capital cities examined in 2024; 20 decreasing variations in capital and essentially unchanged situations in the remaining cases. At the regional level, in addition to Trentino Alto Adige, which is characterized by the lowest expenditure and a high proportion of separate waste collection, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Marche also stand out favorably, where Tari is well below the national average. is associated with the highest level of separate waste collection. As said, there is no productive region on both fronts in the South, where more is spent and less differentiation is made.
Improve separate waste collection
The most recent calculation, for 2022, shows that 65% of the separate waste collection rate has been exceeded, although well behind commitments. Overall, Italy stands at 65.2%, 1.2% more than in 2021.
According to data collected by ISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), approximately 29.1 million tonnes of urban waste were produced in Italy in 2022 (-1.8% compared to 2021). Per capita production is approximately 494 kilograms per person (-1.6% from 2021), with higher values in the Center (532 kg/person) followed by the North (506 kg/person) and the South (454 kg/person) It does. ). 18% of urban waste generated is disposed of in landfills, while the national average for separate waste collection reaches 65.2% (+1.2% compared to 2021).
At the level of geographical areas, in terms of separate waste collection, the North ranks first (71.8%), followed by the Center (61.5%) and the South (57.5%). At the provincial capital level, just over half (57%) achieved a separate waste collection percentage equal to or greater than 65%. We are still below the 50% target expected to be achieved in 2009 in 20 state capitals. Among them, Palermo stands out with 15.6%, Crotone with 21.4%, Catania with 22% and the percentage of separate waste collection. Foggia is at 26%.
“The data in our report highlights the main critical problems of the waste management system, such as the lack of an adequate network of collection and treatment facilities, the constant use of landfills,” says Tiziana Toto, National Director of Consumer Policy at Cittadinanzattiva. and work on several fronts is urgent and necessary, especially given the inadequate levels of waste segregation and resource recovery in some parts of the country,” Toto notes.
Source: Today IT
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