Almost three years after the start of the Ecolaboration project, the results of the collection, recovery and recycling of aluminium Nespresso coffee capsules in Italy are very good.
Currently in Italy there are 30 Nespresso Boutiques and all are collection centres, scattered in 20 towns and cities in different parts of Italy:
Turin, Genoa, Milan, Monza, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Varese, Padua, Verona, Treviso, Bolzano, Bologna, Modena, Parma, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari and Catania.
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This extended network offers Nespresso customers the opportunity to participate in a great environmental project that can ensure the recovery of important resources, which are otherwise destined to be disposed of in landfills:
- one is aluminium, the material the capsules are made from, which can be fully recycled an unlimited number of times, with considerable reduction of energy and material consumption (up to 95%);
- the other is residual coffee, which is sent to composting facilities for rice fields that Nespresso has destined to the Banco Alimentare onlus (a socially useful NPO).
In 2013 299 tons of used capsules were collected and recycled in Italy.
Several million items were delivered by consumers to the collection points that Nespresso, with the collaboration and support of CIAL set up in each of the boutiques in the country.
Compared to the quantities collected in 2012 there was a 76% increase in the amount sent to recycling.
In each of the 20 involved cities and towns, according to an agreement between Nespresso, CIAL and Federambiente, the project includes a service for the collection of the capsules delivered by consumers.
The service is managed by municipal administrations and/or the company that deals with urban waste in that area. Aluminium recycling in foundries is guaranteed by the CIAL Consortium, whereas Nespresso manages the composting of coffee residues directly.
For detailed information on the Nespresso collection points in Italy, please click here.
Here are the results for 2013 in each city. The percentage increase achieved in the last year and the company that manages the collection in the area are shown.
Milan
Company: AMSA Gruppo a2a
70.8 tons collected, + 39% compared to 2012
Monza
6.8 tons collected, the service started in 2013
Varese
Company: Aspem Gruppo a2a
17 tons collected, + 70% compared to 2012
Como
Company: Aprica Gruppo a2a
4.7 tons collected, +100% compared to 2012
Bergamo
Company: Aprica Gruppo a2a
13 tons collected, +94% compared to 2012
Brescia
Company: Aprica Gruppo a2a
11.8 tons collected, +68% compared to 2012
Turin
Company: AMIAT Torino
21.6 tons collected, +55% compared to 2012
Genoa
Company: AMIU Genova
21.5 tons collected, +100% compared to 2012
Padua
Compnay: Acegas Aps
5.3 tons collected, +11% compared to 2012
Verona
Company: AMIA Verona
15.8 tons collected, +48% compared to 2012
Treviso
Company: Contarina SpA
9.5 tons collected, +100% compared to 2012
Bolzano
Company: SEAB
11.6 tons collected, +100% compared to 2012
Bologna
Company: HERA
8 tons collected, +75% compared to 2012
Modena
Company HERA
2.7 tons collected, + 75% compred to 2012
Parma
Company: Iren Ambiente
1.3 tons collected, the service started in 2013
Florence
Company: Quadrifoglio
11.4 tons collected, +100% compared to 2012
Rome
Company: AMA Roma
49.4 tons collected, + 45% compared to 2012
Neaples
Company: ASIA Napoli
4.3 tons collected, +71% compared to 2012
Bari
Company: AMIU Bari
4 tons collected, +48% compared to 2012
Catania
Company: OIKOS
1 ton collected, the service started in 2013