Internal Material Consumption (IMC) measures the apparent consumption of material resources within an economy. It is the main indicator derived from material flow accounts, used to assess a country's resource Productivity as part of policies on natural resource use. In 2023, Italy's Internal Material Consumption amounted to 498.4 million tonnes (-2.7% compared to the previous year), and Resource Productivity stood at 3.59 EUR/kg (+3.7% compared to the previous year).

The indicator quantifies the extraction of natural resources - biomass, metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals, and fossil fuels - globally, due to the final consumption and investments of households, businesses, and public administrations in Italy. In 2023, Italy's material footprint amounted to 656.1 million tons, or 11.1 tons per capita.

The indicator measures the total quantity of special waste sent for recovery operations (R1-R12) as defined in Annex C of Legislative Decree 152/2006. In 2022, the amount of recovered special waste was significant, accounting for 73.3% of the total managed waste (176.6 million tons), with a continuously increasing trend (+13% in the last three years). The total quantity of recovered special waste amounts to 129.4 million tons, of which 4.2 million tons are hazardous. The region with the highest quantity of recovered special waste is Lombardy (28% of the total recovered), followed by Veneto (10.9%) and Emilia-Romagna (9.2%). 

In 2022, the total national municipal waste (MW) production in Italy amounted to approximately 29.1 million tons, marking a 1.8% decrease (543,000 tons) compared to 2021. In general terms, the 2022 data appears to reflect a long-term declining trend. 

As of 31 December 2023, the number of organizations listed in the EMAS register, excluding cancellations and suspensions, reaches 1,127. This figure confirms a recovery trend compared to 2018, with a +16.8% increase. The total number of new EMAS certificates issued to organizations/companies is 2,244. The sectors with the highest adoption include: Waste and Material Recovery, Energy, Services for Buildings and Landscapes, Public Administration, Specialized Construction Works, and Wholesale Trade. The leadership of the Central-Northern regions is reflected in regional measures supporting EMAS. The most active regions are Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and Lazio. In terms of EMAS registrations by type of organization, the situation remains largely stable in recent years, with a balanced distribution across small, medium, and large enterprises.

In 2022, the percentage of preparation for reuse and recycling, calculated using Methodology 4 and net of C&D waste from household sources, stood at 49.2%, falling below the 2020 target (50%).

I dati raccolti tracciano una panoramica dell'offerta formativa su tematiche specialistiche ambientali fornita dal Sistema Nazionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente (SNPA), costituito dalle Agenzie Regionali e Provinciali per l'Ambiente (ARPA/APPA) e dall’ISPRA, sia attraverso corsi di formazione, sia mediante percorsi di alternanza formazione lavoro (tirocini curriculari ed extra-curriculari, Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l'Orientamento - PCTO). Per l'anno 2023, si registra un lieve aumento, rispetto al precedente anno, del numero di corsi di formazione ambientale attivati nel SNPA (204). In relazione alle metodologie formative, continua la tendenza, registrata lo scorso anno, a riproporre percorsi formativi residenziali, dovuta, probabilmente, alla riduzione del rischio di contagio dovuto al Covid 19. Sia i PCTO sia i tirocini segnano, nel 2023, ancora un incremento rispetto alla precedente rilevazione. I tirocini attivati sono stati complessivamente 285, mentre gli studenti che hanno frequentato i PCTO nell'anno scolastico 2022/2023 sono stati 2.017.

In 2022, the separate waste collection rate reached 65.2% of national waste production (29.1 million tons), an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared to 2021, thus meeting the regulatory target set for 2012 (65%). 

Tourism is crucial for European economies, but a compromised environment could endager its future, as the main attraction of tourism lies in a clean and preserved environment. This indicator analyzes emissions generated by tourist travel in Italy. Among the various road transport modes, cars contribute the most to all pollutant emissions, with 2022 values ranging from 76.8% for PM2.5 to 95.8% for VOCs. The use of campers, caravans, and vans, on the other hand, mainly affects PM2.5 (19.7%) and NOx emissions (14.3%).

The circular material use rate measures the share of material resources reused by an economy. In the period 2004–2022, Italy's circular material use rate increased from 5.8% to 18.7%.