Waste sorting: Asia Napoli: The city is nearing the national average and is investing in new facilities.

Naples is one of the main drivers of the growth in separate waste collection in Southern Italy. The new ISPRA Urban Waste Report 2025 shows a Southern Italy that has increased its separate waste collection rate to 60,2%, narrowing a historic gap with the rest of the country. According to Asia Napoli, the city has played a key role in this scenario: between 2022 and 2025, the Campania capital will gain approximately seven percentage points, contributing to the region's overall recovery and approaching the national average.

This positive data, however, is not enough to guarantee the crucial objective: effective recycling. The gap between what is separated and what is actually sent for processing still exceeds fifteen points, a gap that highlights the need to strengthen waste management facilities in Southern Italy. It is against this backdrop that Asia Napoli is announcing the tender for a new facility dedicated to the recovery of bulky waste and paper/cardboard, a step deemed essential to reducing costs, improving recycling volumes, and consolidating a modern and industrialized management model.

City Councilor Vincenzo Santagada sees the increase in waste separation as a sign of the city's maturation, but calls for decisive action on infrastructure, the only way to reduce costs for residents and ensure process improvements. Domenico Ruggiero, sole director of Asia Napoli, emphasizes the need to overcome the territorial fragmentation that hinders efficiency, sustainability, and the ability to meet European targets. For Ruggiero, aggregation is not a threat to existing systems but a necessary evolution: a transformation that preserves identity and jobs, making the system more solid and competitive.

The company reiterates that the transition to an industrial model requires investment, innovative technologies, comprehensive planning, and coherent supply chain governance. The road is still long, but the city today demonstrates numbers, strategies, and a vision that are bringing it closer to a goal that for years seemed out of reach.