Rome, the Services Conference gives the green light for the waste-to-energy plant. Gualtieri: decisive step
"We will no longer need landfills and we will no longer be dependent on other cities in Europe," says the capital's mayor
The government's extraordinary commissioner Roberto Gualtieri signed the order certifying the successful conclusion of the Services Conference on the Rome waste-to-energy plant project. The same act issued the single regional/commissioner authorisation measure (Paur), and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Integrated Environmental Authorisation (IEA) were issued.
The reliefs
Together with the two biodigesters for the treatment of organic waste and the two plants for the recycling of paper and plastic, the construction of the 'Circular Resources Park' plant will complete the new integrated waste system of Rome. This will allow the city to independently close the waste cycle, improve the collection service, structurally reduce the use of transport outside the capital, and generate significant savings for the administration and thus for citizens. The preliminary work, it is explained in a note, has been concluded with the introduction of 11 environmental conditions and 97 prescriptions that strengthen the project structure, the implementation of which will be subject to verification by all the bodies involved for competence. Some of the prescriptions will have to be implemented in the executive design phase, which will be completed by the proponent within the next 30 days. Other indications, instead, will affect the plant management phase.
Gualtieri: let's take a decisive step
In particular, the prescriptions concern monitoring and control actions, such as the discharge and use of water, emissions into the atmosphere, landscape protection, the use of renewable sources, and respect for the soil and subsoil. today we are taking a decisive step towards the construction of the waste-to-energy plant, which will finally give Rome the chance to manage its waste independently," says the government's extraordinary commissioner for the Jubilee and mayor of Roma Capitale, Roberto Gualtieri. "We will no longer need landfills and we will no longer depend on other cities in Europe: thanks to the new plants, we will increase the percentage of differentiated waste collection, save money and time, and guarantee a more efficient service. I want to thank all the Institutions and Bodies involved in the Services Conference for their contribution and for the valuable prescriptions,' Gualtieri concludes, 'which testify to the seriousness of the authorisation process and which strengthen the project without slowing down its realisation, as is only right for a great European capital.
