Assovetro Dip In Recycling Of Glass In Italy

It was reported in the summer that production of recycled glass in Italy has suffered a worrying drop. The reason given for this downward trend, reported Assovetro (National Association of Glas Industries of Italy) president Massimo Cestaro, was the ever-increasing tendency, particularly in large cities such as Rome, to gather "multi-component" rubbish as opposed to "single-component" waste. Cestaro maintained that this method will lead to a progressive worsening of the quality of scrap glass and that an Italian state decree passed to recycle 50% of glass consumed in Italy by 2002, was therefore at risk. (whole item)