Descrizione 1
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The indicator measures the amount of special waste sent abroad for recovery and disposal. In 2022, the total exported special waste amounted to approximately 4.9 million tons, of which 3.4 million tons were non-hazardous waste (70% of the total) and 1.5 million tons were hazardous waste (30% of the total). The largest quantities of waste were sent to Germany and Austria, with 977,000 tons and 600,000 tons, respectively.
The indicator measures the amount of special waste sent abroad for recovery and disposal, specifying the destination countries and the type of waste.
To analyze the types of waste sent abroad for recovery and disposal.
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Basel Convention (March 22, 1989) on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal, with subsequent amendments.
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OECD Decision C(2001)107 on the control of transboundary movements of waste intended for recovery.
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Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 and amendments, governing waste shipments between EU Member States, including through third countries.
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Regulation (EC) No. 1418/2007 and amendments, concerning the export of certain waste for recovery to countries not subject to the OECD Decision.
There are no specific targets set by the regulations.
Descrizione 2
ISPRA - Rapporto Rifiuti Speciali Edizione 2024
Qualificazione dati
ISPRA, Banca dati MUD, non accessibile al pubblico
Nazionale, Regionale
2010-2022
Qualificazione indicatore
The amounts are analyzed by individual EWC (European Waste Catalogue) code, by region of origin, and by destination country.
The total exported special waste in 2022 amounted to approximately 4.9 million tons, 70% of which was non-hazardous waste and 30% hazardous waste. This marks a 24% increase compared to 2021 (Table 1). When considering the total exported waste against the total produced (161.4 million tons), the export rate remains low at just 3%. However, when looking at hazardous special waste, the exported share rises to 14.6% of the total hazardous waste produced (10 million tons).
Between 2010 and 2022, the total exported special waste increased by 27.2% (Table 1), while total production grew by 17.8%. When analyzing exported waste relative to production, the percentage was 2.8% in 2010 and 3% in 2022. The slight variation over this period allows for the classification of the trend as stable.
Dati
Table 1: Special Waste Exported from Italy
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Table 2: Special waste exported by country of destination
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Table 3: Special waste exported by region of origin, 2022
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Figure 1: Special waste exported by country of destination, 2022
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Figure 2: Non-hazardous special waste exported by European Waste Catalogue chapter (2022)
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Figure 3: Hazardous special waste exported by European Waste Catalogue chapter (2022)
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The total exported special waste in 2022 was approximately 4.9 million tons (Table 1). As shown in Table 2 and Figure 1, the largest waste flows were sent to Germany and Austria. Germany received 977,000 tons of special waste (20.2% of total exports), primarily hazardous waste (685,000 tons). Austria received 600,000 tons of waste, including about 134,000 tons of hazardous waste.
Lombardy is the leading exporter of special waste, with approximately 1.3 million tons, 50.1% of which is non-hazardous. Veneto follows with 597,000 tons, 74.1% of which is non-hazardous (Table 3).
As illustrated in Figure 2, the largest category of exported non-hazardous waste (64.3%) consists of “waste from waste treatment facilities,” followed by “waste from thermal processes” (18.6%) and “waste not otherwise specified” (5.2%). “Construction and demolition waste” accounts for 4.1% of the total exported non-hazardous waste, mostly comprising metallic waste.
Regarding hazardous waste exports, 60.5% originates from “waste treatment facilities,” 30.1% from “construction and demolition operations,” and 4.1% falls under “waste not otherwise specified” (Figure 3).