The Municipality of Cagliari launches the experimental waste revolution in Sant'Elia. «This cutting-edge project, based on pneumatic transport», the Municipality says, «promises to radically transform the urban landscape, eliminating bins and garbage trucks».

With an investment of 6.5 million euros, the plant will serve 5,000 residents, approximately 2,200 homes, with a collection capacity of 220 kilograms per inhabitant per year, equal to 1,100 tons. This technology, born in Sweden and spread throughout the world, "offers an innovative approach to the management of municipal solid waste".

The operation is simple, but effective: using their ecocard, citizens deposit their waste in the differentiated columns (paper, cardboard, plastic, organic and dry), and it will be sucked up by the plant, located near the Sant'Elia ecocentre , through underground pipelines. This means, "no trucks on the road, no noise and safer streets for everyone".

The project was presented this morning with councilor Alessandro Guarracino who also underlined the importance of this step to «mitigate the critical issues presented by "door-to-door" separate waste collection with the display of the tubs on pre-established days and times» .

With this new system "the city will improve its sustainability and its urban decor, offering citizens a simple, efficient and environmentally friendly service", concluded the head of Technological Innovation, Environment and Sea Policies, pointing out that the glass will continue to be collected with current systems.

«It takes 12 months to complete the work, from the date of delivery of the construction site to the company that wins the contract», explained Andrea Cossu, municipal technical officer, who is one of the architects of the project. «The one in Sant'Elia», he added, recalling that the Municipality has already identified the funding sources that will find their place in the next European PON programming, «is the third plant in Italy with the pneumatic transport system. It allows us to reduce the costs of collection, waste handling by trucks and emissions of harmful gases into the air."

(Unioneonline)

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