Puglia residents will spend one hundred euros more on TARI in 2025 than any other country (national average of 340 euros). In the ranking of the least virtuous regions – where you pay more in garbage taxes – the silver medal goes to Campania (418 euros) and the bronze medal goes to Sicily (402 euros). Puglia, Campania and Sicily, coincidentally are three regions that have historically been plagued by significant problems in waste management including a lack of treatment plants, a large number of illegal waste dumps, delays in separate waste collection and, as has happened on the island recently, difficulties in storing plastic or glass to give new life to these materials.
The opposite trend occurred in the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano: here 224 euros were paid last year and, most importantly, a timely pricing system was implemented, which allows taxes to be calculated based on the waste actually produced. At city level, Catania (annual average 602 euros), Pisa (557 euros), Genoa (509 euros) and Napoli (496 euros) are in black. But conditions are better for residents of Cremona (196 euros), Udine and Trento (199 euros).
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Cittadinanzattiva gives us this scenario in his latest report “Urban Waste”. As mentioned, in 2025 the average tariff paid by Italian families will be 340 euros per year, with a growth of 3.3 percent compared to 2024 which was 329 euros. If explained in more detail, the association always emphasizes that “at macro-regional level, Southern Italy remains the most expensive region, with an average expenditure of 385 euros, 33 percent higher than Northern Italy”. The «recorded an average value of 290 euros, while the Center was at 364 euros».
In the region, the capital, Rome, recorded an average annual expenditure of 396 euros, stable compared to the previous year (+0.6 percent), also due to the government’s efforts to reduce tariffs, increase the tax base and attack tax evasion in this regard.
Cittadinanzattiva then focuses on environmental issues. «By 2023 – he added – separate waste collection has increased and will reach 66.6 percent of the total, but the actual recycling of materials will still be around 50.8. The organic fraction is still a weak point, especially in the Southern region, due to the lack of adequate plant numbers. “Meanwhile the portion of waste disposed of in landfill (15.8 percent) is still higher than the EU target.”
More generally – and referring to Ispra data – Cittadinanzattiva notes that in 2023 Italy produced 29.3 million tons of municipal waste (+0.7 percent compared to 2022). At the per capita level, we are at 496 kilograms per year per inhabitant, “a slight increase compared to 493 kilograms in 2022, but lower than the European average (521 kilograms)”. In this case, the Center is the record holder, with 533 kilograms per inhabitant.
Looking at national tourist flows – including undifferentiated and differentiated tourist flows – the report speaks of “limited growth”, although tourist flows in cities are increasing. “The majority is produced in the Northern region (48.4 percent) followed by the Southern region with 30.3 percent and finally by the Central region (21.3 percent).” In Lazio, total stocks amounted to 2,864,948 tons, of which 55.4 percent was disposed of as separate waste. It should also be noted that what makes integrated waste management more complex is the existence of «a very fragmented sector both due to the high presence of managers, 8,386 subjects, and in terms of the phases that make up the supply chain».
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