Widespread composting. This is the name of the new project launched by Acea, and created in collaboration with Enea and the University of Tuscia, for the management of organic waste. This was announced by Stefano Donnarumma, CEO of the Roman multiutility, during the day promoted by Acea entitled "Enterprise, sustainability, future".
The idea involves the construction of a mini-plant, called SmartComp, equipped with sensor technology that will allow for the treatment of zero-kilometre organic waste. Basically, Acea invests in innovation with a program which for now envisages the installation of 250 SmartComps by 2022 to widely create a system with a capacity of 25 tonnes a year - equal to that of a localized plant that manages waste organic products produced by a city of 250.000 inhabitants – with an estimated saving of around 30% on the management costs of the national supply chain.
Widespread composting "guarantees less waste production - explains Acea in a note - and substantial savings on management costs for the entire national waste management system, for the recovery chain of individual users".
Furthermore, the new system has a "positive impact on the environment, thanks to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions due to the elimination of the relative road transport of waste and punctual collection in the area".
"This project - said Donnarumma - is part of the guidelines of the group's 2019-2022 business plan, which provides for investments in sustainability for a total of 1,7 billion, with an increase of 400 million compared to the previous plan".
The investment is part of the sustainability strategy undertaken by the company and also represents a further step towards attention to the strategic waste sector whose disposal in Rome would be entrusted to the other subsidiary of the Municipality, Ama, with the results that unfortunately are daily under the eyes of Romans and tourists visiting the capital.
