Working towards Zero

ZW policies and practices,

in a resource-efficient world
Enzo Favoino
Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza
ZeroWasteEurope

Zero Waste: the global role

Zero Waste a strategy devised to maximise
short- and long-term efficiency in resource
management
A codified, peer-reviewed Zero Waste
Hierarchy is kept by ZWIA (Zero Waste
International Alliance)
Ongoing recognition/certification programmes
for ZW Communities and ZW businesses.
Minimisation of residuals the key goal
In a nutshell, ZW based on the 4 Rs strategy

From take, make, waste to

Circular economy

Why a material recycling

society?
Environmental benefits
(Local/global) economic benefits
Occupational implications (green jobs)
Supply of raw materials

The 4 Rs
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

Redesign

Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

A comparison
700 kgs/person.yr
60% incinerated
= 420 kgs/person.yr

25% slags/ashes
= 105 kgs/person.yr

350 kgs/person.yr

85% recycled
Residual waste = 50 kgs/person.y

Committed to reduce residuals

by a further 80%
= 10 kgs/person.yr
(before processing)

A basic ZW
workprogramme
Kerbside collection include the organics!
Waste prevention practices related to
responsibility of Communities
Pay-as-you-throw
Check composition of residual waste
Redesign collection for continued optimisation
Feed back to producers in order to address nonreusablle/recyclable materials

The key role of organics

QUANTITATIVE: fundamental to achieve highest
material recovery rates
QUALITATIVE/OPERATIONAL: minimising organics
in residual waste makes it possible to shrink
collection rounds
cost-optimisation
further driving effect for increased separation of dry
recyclables, too)

Only from the tap / only from the jar

Feeding back paving the road to

minimisation of residual waste

Ljubljana 1st EU capital

to declare ZW in Europe

Present and future ZW plans in

Ljubljana
Current situation:
Separate collection rate: 61 %
Amount of residual waste: 110 kg / person / year

Targeted goals:

Separate collection rate by 2025: 78 %

Separate collection rate by 2035: 80 %
Amount of residual waste by 2025: 60 kg / person / year
Amount of residual waste by 2035: 50 kg / person / year

Dedicated collection
of foodwaste at high-rises

Cost optimisation
(Lombardy, pop. 10M, 1547 Municipalities)
Cost of collection (green bars)
and cost of treatment/disposal (blue bars)

Euro/person

Treatment
+
disposal

collection

A comparison to national trends

Trend of the average fee in Priula,
relative to average national trend
in costs of waste management in Italy

Green jobs after rolling out

curbside collection in Treviso (pop. 80.000)

Staff

100
75

84

50
25
0
2013

58
2014

105

Total costs Eur/person

(management +
disposal)

95
85
75
65
55
2013

2014

Muito obrigado
pela sua atenao!
Enzo Favoino
Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza
+39.335.355446
favoinoenzo@gmail.com