In Italy only in 2013 we saved 56 million thanks to recycling.
By 2020, Europe dreams of cutting emissions of gases emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels, while increasing the proportion of renewable energy in final consumption to 20%.
Beyond the environmental benefits, such a transaction would also result in tangible economic benefits: it supports a study of Althesys, according to which bet on the recycling of waste should not little.
The projections consider that coming to recycle 50% of municipal solid waste will arrive to reduce emissions of CO 2 of 103 million tons per year across Europe, generating an immediate economic return amounted to 643 million euro.
The WAS – the think tank Althesys that deals with waste and recycling – argues that waste recycling Italy could “the cut of 2.5% its greenhouse gas’ , or about 10 million tons of CO 2 year.
“In Italy,” – explains Alessandro Marangoni, Althesys – “in 2013 the recycling of municipal waste (including paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, steel, aluminum , wood and WEEE) has allowed us to avoid 9,144,501 tons equivalent of CO 2 ‘.
“In economic terms,” – continues Marangoni – ‘by calculating the cost of greenhouse gas emissions at current prices of the European emissions market (ETS) it would be a savings of 56 million euro. But if the estimate is made using the values of the carbon tax British savings is much higher, 183 million euro ‘.
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