(Finance) – In the waste treatment sector, in particular in the recycling of plastics, the Acea Group presented to Ecomondo a new plant under construction in Cittaducale (Rieti), intended for the selection and recovery of plastic materials from collection urban differentiated. With an overall investment of 35 million euros, it will treat approximately 90 kton / year and is the largest in terms of capacity of Acea and Central Italy. The new Center of PET, polyethylene bottles and films or crates for fruit and vegetables and mixed packaging. The plant, characterized by a high technological level and high performance, is added to the Acea Ambiente portfolio as the third CSS, after those of Demap in Beinasco (TO) and Cavallari (AN). Thanks to its characteristics it will also integrate with the MEG (VR) and Serplast (TE) plants for the recycling of plastic materials and the generation of secondary raw materials, contributing to an ever better control of the value chain in the recovery and recycling chain. of plastics. Again in the plastics treatment sector, Acea Ambiente signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Metropolitan City of Turin and the Polytechnic of the Piedmontese capital for an experimental project on the use of recycled polymers in road paving. The research aims to find innovative solutions capable of transforming polymers into sustainable, safe asphalts with high quality standards, to be used in the more than 2,900 kilometers that make up the Turin road network. This is what he explains Marco Palazzesi, Acea Ambiente Business Development Manager, interviewed at Ecomondo.
A new life for plastic. What are the objectives of the new plant under development in Rieti?
“We are pleased to announce the ongoing construction of the Rieti plant which will be the largest in Central Italy, with a capacity of almost 90 thousand tons. It will be a technologically very advanced plant that will be able to recover many types of plastic and guarantee recycling in in order to eliminate these materials from landfills. Between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 the plant will be in operation and will serve the territory of Central Italy which currently has no facilities with this technology and we are sure to be able to make a contribution important for the recovery of material of this type of product “.
Still on the plastic recovery front, Acea is developing a project in Turin. What is it about?
“We have made the first meters of new asphalt which, added to traditional materials, is giving encouraging results. We hope next year to be able to build roads also by adding our material in order to allow the recovery of this type of plastic”.