Even though this change won’t involve the entire region at once and it will affect only some towns and provinces to start with (and some have already started doing it), the meetings on the new door-to-door collection system continue to be organized in nearby towns and villages.
Where I live, they have organized group meetings to inform and teach citizens about recycling and waste disposal. They are organizing conference-like meetings to give out leaflets on what can be recycled and what not and they are also teaching people how to handle household waste in preparation of the planned changes ahead.
It may seem perhaps something obvious and mundane, but not necessarily for everyone.
Many people are concerned about the new waste management programs as things have always been different.
Up until now, the individual citizen was responsible to separate waste and personally bring it and sort in the appropriate trash cans scattered around the city.
White trash cans for paper and cardboard, blue ones for plastic, gray ones for dry waste and compost alike, green ones for glass and metal containers and yellow ones for donations of clothes, accessories and toys.
It’s all about to change: in the city center there will be “smart” trash cans - which means bins that can be opened only by using a resident magnetic card - whereas in the suburbs there will be a distinction between individual users and condominium users: under 12 apartments you are considered individual users, above 12 apartments in one building condominium users.
For the first group, residents will have a kit of bins of different colors for paper, plastic, compost, not recyclable material and glass and they will have to display them on public roads in a position visible from the street and accessible, then you must worry about bringing it back home as soon as possible compatible with your living needs.
The condominiums will have locked collective bins and they will need a person in charge of displaying and bringing the bins back home for a fee but that has raised a lot of controversies as people in Italy pay a lot for trash tax and they are not willing to pay even more for a right as such.
The bins will need to be put out in the evening between 8pm and 11pm and the new service will be fully operational at different times depending on the area: at the end of April the smart islands will start in the city center whereas the low density area will see the change before the end of June.
Major changes and controversies involve organic waste which will be collected only three times a week and metal packaging which will need to be placed with the plastic waste.
Not recyclable dry waste will be collected only twice a week and glass will be the only material that will continue to be placed in the street bins.
The free bulky waste collection service at the front door of your home (for a maximum of five pieces) is active throughout the city by appointment. Waste must be brought to the front door on the day and at the time agreed and the following are considered bulky waste: household appliances, televisions, computers and electronic devices of all kinds, furniture, bicycles, skis, large toys and mirrors or reinforced glass that should not be placed in the glass collector bin.
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