Milan
is my future.
This is why
I keep it clean.
PULIamo, the APP for smartphones
and tablets
PULIamo is an app that helps you to separate your waste correctly and to keep
the city clean.
Free and easy to use, it contains complete information for correctly separating
household waste, and it also provides real-time updates on the service, as well
as allowing you to report bins that are full.
This means that, for example, you can report abandoned waste, illegal dumping,
and bins that are full, and photograph and report them to Amsa, so that they can
take action.
Also, you can book a pick-up of bulky items and access Amsa's timetables and
activities.
Capture the QR code or look for PULIamo in your store: you will immediately enter
a world of services set up for you.
Contents
Working towards 65% separate collection together
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Why worry about separate collection
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Glass goes in the green bin
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Plastic goes in the yellow bag
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Metal goes in the yellow bag
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Paper and cardboard go in the white bin
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Unsorted waste goes in the neutral transparent bag
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Food and organic waste go in the brown bin
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Spent batteries and expired medicines
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"Where do I throw it" insert
Vegetable oil and energy-saving light bulbs
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Electric and electronic waste
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Bulky items and clothing
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Wood
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Recycling centres
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CAM - Mobile Environmental Centre
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Beware of fines
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Conai
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Guidelines for quality separate collection
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Did you know that ...
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Working towards 65% separate
collection together
Milan separates 42.5%* of all household waste produced, thanks to the
commitment of all its citizens.
Together, we can fine tune separate collection and increase our percentage to
65% in order to be in line with European and Italian standards and to have
a better environment. This goal is certainly ambitious and needs the
commitment of each one of us.
This leaflet also contains useful information on how to separate the various
materials.
* (data updated on 31st October 2013)
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Why bother about
separate collection
Thanks to the Conai-Consorzi System, separated waste is recycled and
becomes other products, thereby reducing the use of raw materials.
For example:
• it takes 3 cans to make a pair of spectacles
• just 30 plastic bottles are enough to make the seat for a chair
• for each glass bottle recovered, a new glass bottle is made
• thanks to separate collection of paper and cardboard, 9 boxes out of 10
are recovered and recycled
• thanks to recycling wood, in Italy the furniture industry has a raw
material that is renovated and environment-friendly.
To ensure a better future for our children by respecting the environment
and avoiding wasting precious resources. The economic and environmental
benefit for the Country can be put at Euro 12,7 billion. Also, recycling has
made it possible to avoid a total of 82 million tonnes in CO2 emissions.
If you are unsure of where to dispose of your waste, phone the Amsa Callfree Number 800.33.22.99 (free), go to the website www.amsa.it (where to
throw it) or download the App PULIamo app to your smartphone.
Remember: before throwing something away (such as books, clothing
or mobile phones) think whether someone else could use it.
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Glass goes in the green bin
What to put in:
bottles, jars, and vases.
What NOT to put in:
ceramic plates and cups,
incandescent and energy saving
light bulbs, neon tubes, mirrors,
vetro-ceramic or ceramic
containers (like Pyrex), drinking
glasses, carafes and items made
of glass, and plastic bags.
Remember: empty the container and do not put in plastic bags.
If you do not have a condominium bin, use the nearest glass bin.
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Plastic goes in the yellow bag
What to put in:
plastic bottles, plates and glasses, packets,
plastic or cellophane envelopes or film,
bottles for cleaning and personal hygiene
products, empty toothpaste and food
tubes, plastic or polystyrene food trays, and
packaging film including bubble wrap.
What NOT to put in:
toys, gym shoes, plastic sandals, mats, plastic
furniture and items, DVDs, CDs, music
cassettes, and video cassettes, photographs
and photographic film, pens, umbrellas,
electrical and electronic equipment, hard
plastic crockery, plastic containers labelled to indicate that they contain
hazardous materials*.
Remember: empty, rinse and/or clean and crush the containers.
*hazardous, toxic, inflammable or corrosive products
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Aluminium and Steel
go in the yellow bag
What to put in:
drink cans, cans for oil,
jars for vegetable preserves, trays for
cooking and preserving food, cans for meat,
fish and legumes, cans, trays and jars for
animal food, spray cans, caps, capsules and
various metal closers, aluminium foil (like
the roll for the kitchen and wrapping for
chocolate), metal gift boxes for liquor and
sweets, drums and buckets, tubes for creams
and hygiene products, metal coat hangers,
pots and coffee pots, cutlery, keys, padlocks
and chains, small metal items.
What NOT to put in:
light bulbs, spray cans and metal containers
marked as hazardous products*.
Remember: empty, rinse and/or clean and crush the containers.
* hazardous, toxic, inflammable or corrosive products
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Paper and cardboard
go in the white bin
What to put in:
boxes, cardboard packaging for
toys and clothing, shoe boxes, paper
bags, cardboard trays and boxes for
foodstuffs, newspapers, exercise
books and magazines (without
adhesive, metal or plastic parts),
cartons for drinks (milk, fruit juice,
sauces, etc.), egg boxes, and pizza
boxes without any leftover food.
What NOT to put in:
plastic, cellophane wrapping,
fax and copying thermal paper,
paper contaminated by food
and/or solvents, till slips, oven paper,
plasticised tickets for public transport, paper handkerchiefs, pizza boxes with
leftover food, anything that is not clean paper or cardboard.
Remember: reduce the volume and do not put in plastic bags.
If you do not have a condominium bin, use the nearest paper bin.
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Unsorted waste goes
in the neutral transparent bag
What to put in:
anything that cannot be separated such as,
for example, dirty or oily paper, sandpaper,
broken ceramic plates in general, plastic
games that are are not electronic and without
batteries, CDs, DVDs, music and video
cassettes, vacuum cleaner filters and bags,
nappies, sanitary towels, sticking plasters,
disposable razors, and cigarette stubs.
What NOT to put in:
anything that can be separated excepting
batteries, oils, medicines, and hazardous
containers and materials (glues, paints, solvents, and insecticides), energy
saving light bulbs, neon lamps.
Remember: your unsorted waste bag must not be left inside or near
the bins on the road (see page 17).
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Food and organic waste go
in the brown bin
Starting in June 2014
Areas in which the collection has been activated
In Milan, collection of food and organic waste was introduced from November 2012,
for condominiums. Collection is already in progress in almost the entire city and will be
completed in June 2014.
What to put in:
waste from the kitchen, leftover food, (after removing excess oil), various
types of food without packaging, coffee grounds, tea filters, used paper
tissues and table napkins, flowers, remains of and leaves from indoor plants,
pizza cartons with food residue.
What NOT to put in:
liquids, oil, food packaging paper (greaseproof or plasticised paper), cigarette
stubs, dust or home cleaning materials.
Remember: only use compostable bags for
collecting food and organic waste.
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Batteries and expired medicines
BATTERIES
EXPIRED MEDICINES
You can use the more than
400 containers to be found in
many stores or take the batteries to
Amsa's 5 recycling centres
(see the city map on the website
or use the App PULIamo).
Alternatively, you can take them
to the CAM (Mobile Environmental
Centre).
You can use the 500 containers
to be found at pharmacies. These
medicines are collected and
delivered to authorised centres for
destruction
Remember: do not put them in
the unsorted waste bag, because
they are very dangerous for the
environment.
Remember: remove the
cardboard wrapping, which
must be put into the white
paper and cardboard bin.
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Vegetable oil and energy
saving light bulbs
VEGETABLE OIL
ENERGY-SAVING LIGHT BULBS
You can take used oil to Amsa's 5
recycling centres and to the CAM
(Mobile Environmental Centre). It
will be recovered and used for new
industrial products.
You can take energy saving light
bulbs to Amsa's 5 recycling
centres (max 10 items) and to
the CAM (Mobile Environmental
Centre). The glass and metal parts
will be recovered, while the gas will
be safely disposed of.
Remember: do not pour it
down domestic drains as it can
damage the environment.
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Electric and electronic waste
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Refrigeration equipment (refrigerators, airconditioners, and freezers), domestic appliances
(washing machines, dishwashers, electric ovens,
electric stoves), computers (without monitors),
printers, electronic toys, vacuum cleaners, radio
equipment, and video recorders.
For these items, you can book a free pick-up (on the road) online
via the website www.amsa.it, phone the Toll-Free Number
800.33.22.99, consult the App PULIamo, or alternatively, take
them to Amsa's 5 Recycling Centres (see the city map on the
website or use the App).
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Mobile phones, video cameras, cameras, small
domestic appliances (irons, hair dryers, and
electric razors), lighting equipment (lamps, table
lamps), energy saving light bulbs and neon tubes.
These items can be taken to Amsa's 5 recycling centres or to
the CAM (Mobile Environmental Centre).
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Bulky items and clothing
BULKY ITEMS
CLOTHING
Furniture, mattresses, large mirrors,
bulky furniture items, ladders, roller
shutters, rubber hoses, demijohns,
carpeting, outdoors awnings, etc.
To donate your used clothes,
you can use the more than
400 yellow roadside containers.
In Milan, some associations work with
social and voluntary cooperatives,
and empty these bins once a week,
as well as seeing to distributing the
used clothing and shoes.
For these items, you can book a free pick-up (on the
road) online via the website www.amsa.it, phone
the Toll-Free Number 800.33.22.99, consult
the App PULIamo, or alternatively, take them to
Amsa's 5 Recycling Centres (see the city map on
the website or use the App).
Remember:
For other categories of bulky
items, not indicated in this
list, phone the
Toll-free Number 800.33.22.99.
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Wood
Wooden items can be taken to Amsa's 5 recycling centres.
WHAT TO TAKE:
crates for fruit and vegetables, small containers, wine crates, furniture, pallets and
other timber packaging, doors and other joinery, cheese boxes, boxes and reels.
You can book a free pick-up from the road of bulky items by phoning the
Toll-free number 800.33.22.99, or via the website www.amsa.it.
A map of Amsa's 5 recycling centres is available in this leaflet (page 15) and can
also be found using the App PULIamo.
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Recycling centres
Opening hours for recycling centres in Milan
Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 08:00 to 15:00
Some example of the items you can bring in:
Wood, doors, roller shutters, windows, carpeting, washbasins,
inert materials, garden waste and prunings, car batteries, tyres,
sheets of glass, paint, etc.
Download the App PULIamo, which will direct you to the closest recycling centre.
Remember: phone the Toll-Free Number 800.33.22.99 for correct
access instructions.
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CAM – Mobile Environmental Centre
The CAM is Amsa's travelling recycling centre that stops off all over Milan, at the
local markets. Go to the website www.amsa.it, download the App PULIamo,
or phone the Toll-Free number 800.33.22.99 for the timetable for stops and
materials you can bring in.
At the CAM we collect things like wood, small domestic appliances, spent
vegetable oil, energy saving light bulbs, spray cans, cartridges and toner.
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Beware of fines
Remember that the Regulation for managing urban and similar
waste and safeguarding of street furniture and hygiene for the City
Council of Milan contains norms that must be respected. If this is not done
there is a risk of fines.
Checks are carried out mainly:
•
on putting out bags and/or containers
ahead of time
•
on correct separate collection methods
•
on correct use of compostable bags
(see page 9)
•
on behaviour that damages street furniture
(such as defacing public land, using roadside
bins for household waste, and failure to pick
up canine faeces).
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Conai
CONAI is a non-profit consortium that was set up in 1997 to ensure the recovery
and recycling of waste from packaging, The CONAI system is based on the
collaboration of more than 1,000,000 registered companies, and municipalities
that collect waste in the towns and cities that separate them.
This collaboration, sanctioned by the draft agreement with ANCI (National
Association of Italian Municipalities), has led, in a period of just over 15 years, to
a 61% reduction in materials headed for landfill, and has increased recovery of
packaging by 136%.
Today, 3 out of 4 packaging units are recovered.
CONAI coordinates the activity, and guarantees the recovery results of the
6 material-based members: Steel (Ricrea), Aluminium (Cial), Paper / Cardboard
(Comieco), Wood (Rilegno), Plastic (Corepla) and Glass (Coreve).
Separating well means recycling better.
For this reason CONAI has drawn up the Guidelines for Quality Separate
Collection, because good separate collection is the first step towards
improving recycling results and bringing steel, aluminium, paper, wood,
plastic and glass back to life.
www.conai.org
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Guidelines for quality
separate collection
1.
Separate packaging correctly, according to the material it is made of, and put it in the
relevant separate collection container. Thanks to those of you that separate packaging and
Amsa that collects it, Conai brings steel, aluminium, paper, wood, plastic and glass back to life.
2.
If possible, always reduce, the volume of packaging. Crush cans and plastic bottles and then close
them again with the cap, and compress paper and cardboard. If you do this, you will make the
separate collection service more and more effective.
3.
Divide wherever possible, packaging made up of a number of materials, such as plastic containers
for snacks from the cardboard trays or glass jars from their metal caps. If you do this, you will
limit the impurities and allow more material to be recycled.
4. Remove leftover food from packaging before putting it into the separate collection containers.
If you do this, you will reduce the quantity of waste dumped.
5.
Note that dirty paper (with leftover food such as pizza boxes, are as poisonous as solvents and
paints), used tissues and till slips, must not be put in the paper bin, because adding them
lowers the quality of separate collection of paper and cardboard.
6. Be careful to refrain from putting ceramic or porcelain items, mirrors and light bulbs in the
glass bin. Adding these materials could nullify your efforts because it will ruin glass
collection.
7.
Recognise and return aluminium packaging correctly. In addition to the better known drinks
cans, also separate food trays and cans, tubes, spray bottles, and aluminium foil for foodstuffs.
8.
Recognise and return steel packaging correctly, normally it bears an FE or ACC symbol.
Caps on bottles on conserves, fish tins, cans and spray cans, drums, buckets, crown caps for
various types of bottles and jars.
9. Put all types of packaging into the bin for separate collection of plastic.Be careful not to add
other items, even if made of plastic, such as toys, vases, small domestic appliances,
stationery and office items.
10. Remember that if you have wooden packaging you can take it to equipped "Amsa
recycling centres". Crates for fruit and wine and small boxes for cheese, are all packaging that
can be recycled.
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Did you know that ...
Steel
• Just 13 steel cans make a frying pan.
• About 100/200 crown caps can be used to make a spanner.
• In recent years 440,000 tonnes of steel packaging was put out to consumers, equal in weight
to 55 Eiffel Towers. Of these almost 374,000 tonnes have been recovered, equal to the weight
of 9,000 railway wagons and more than 332,000 tonnes have been recycled, equal to more
than 20,000 km of railway track, or equivalent to a hypothetical railway line from Lisbon
to Beijing.
www.consorzioricrea.org
Aluminium
• Italy is the leader in Europe in terms of recycling aluminium.
• Last year, in Italy, 65% of aluminium packaging in circulation in our Country was recovered.
• Recycling aluminium makes it possible to save 95% of the energy required to make it from raw
material - bauxite.
• For each tonne of aluminium recycled we save 12 tonnes of CO2 .
• By recycling just 800 cans, a bicycle can be made.
www.cial.it
Paper
• Each year in Italy, by recycling paper and cardboard we save as many CO2 emissions as those
caused by a complete stoppage of traffic throughout Italy for a week.
• 90% of paper, packets, newspapers, and boxes are made from recycled material.
• By recovering and recycling paper and cardboard, which has been done from 1999 till now,
we have avoided the creation of more than 270 landfill sites.
www.comieco.org
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Wood
• With the wood recycled from 4 pallets one desk can be made.
• Most modular furniture found in Italy is made of wood that can be recycled.
• Timber packaging collected and recycled in Italy would fill a volume 12 times that of the
Cathedral in Florence, and 22 times that of the Colosseum in Rome.
• By recycling 600 wooden boxes 1 wardrobe can be built.
www.rilegno.org
Plastic
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It takes 20 plastic bottles (PET) to make a felt blanket .
It takes 2 plastic bottles (HDPE) to make a frisbee.
With 7 egg boxes you can keep a 60W light bulb switched on for an hour and a half.
The tonnage of waste from plastic packaging collected in Italy is equivalent to 30 times
the volume of the Colosseum and 70 times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
www.corepla.it
Glass
• With 1 kg of scrap glass it is possible to continuously produce 1 kg of new containers
without further additions. 7 out of 10 bottles consumed in Italy are now produced thanks to
separate collection.
• The energy saving achieved by recycling one bottle is enough to keep a 60W light bulb on for
about 22 hours.
• By recycling glass, every year the avoidance of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere is
equivalent to that of 1,290,000 Euro 5 cars, more or less as many as there are in Milan!
• Each year the glass recycled provides a saving in raw materials that is equivalent to 300 times
the weight of the Eiffel Tower, with a volume equivalent to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
www.coreve.it
Contact details and information
www.amsa.it
[email protected]
PULIamo is the app that
helps you to separate
waste correctly and to
keep the city clean.
Amsa Spa
Via Olgettina, 25 – 20132 Milano