Recycling in Italy

Almost everything can be recycled

Each year, by recycling refuse, AIM avoids disposal of tons of refuse into landfills, instead it is recycled. Plastic, glass and paper take a new life. Organic waste becomes ecological compost for cultivation.

It should be our common goal to transform refuse into natural resources:

• For a better future
• For a healthier environment
• For a cleaner community.

PAPER: Here's where you throw old newspapers, magazines, books, exercise books, forms, cardboard food boxes (for pasta, cookies etc.), flatten cardboard.

What is obtained: New paper. Paper can be re-utilized up to 8 times.

GLASS AND CANS: Glass bottles (with caps also), aluminum cans (with AL symbol), glass jars (with metal caps also), various kinds of glass, tin cans…rinsed.

What is obtained: By recycling we obtain new glass (up to 7 times); cans can be use to build whatever is made with aluminum: other cans, car parts etc.

PLASTIC: Liquid containers with the following symbols: PET, PVC AND PE. E.g. bottles of drinking water, soft drinks, detergent bottles (please rinse them!).

What is obtained: New plastic containers and other objects like benches, toys etc.

ORGANIC WASTE: Food scraps: fruit & vegetable skins; coffee grounds and tea filters, cut flowers and small plants, pet litter.

What is obtained: Good ecological compost for cultivation.

DRY WASTE: Everything that is not recyclable.Such as. flattened tetra pack containers (for milk, fruit juice etc.), yogurt containers, food tubs, napkins and female hygiene items, light bulbs, rubber, Styrofoam, etc.

USED CLOTHES: Clothes, shoes, bags, linen, blankets and curtains.

What is obtained: If items are in good condition they are donated to people who need them; the other ones are recycled.