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This chapter provides an outline of the Italian regime for managing municipal solid waste (MSW). The waste industry in Italy is undergoing a rapid process of development and modernization. This process resembles that occurring in other EU countries, in the sense that MSW collection and disposal services are evolving from essentially end-of- pipe activities, which are concerned with the environmental impact of disposal, but constrained by given quantity and quality of waste flows, towards a far more complex model, where the objectives are waste avoidance, reuse, and valorization, according to the ladder principle, as well as the principles of self-sufficiency, proximity and polluter-pays, in accordance with Dir 91/156/EEC. Waste disposal operators are no longer the only relevant actors, since the focus of waste policies has gradually shifted towards materials and commodities. MSW policies are no longer local health policies, aimed at eliminating waste from streets and households, and have entered the domain of environmental policies, focused on the allocation of scarce environmental and territorial resources.
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Bertossi, P., Kaulard, A., Massarutto, A. (2000). Municipal waste management in Italy. In: Buclet, N., Godard, O. (eds) Municipal Waste Management in Europe. Environment & Management, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9476-9_5
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