The company will move from 15% to 75% of owned plants by 2024. The goal is “to climb the value chain of secondary raw materials, not just select them and then sell them,” says Zaghis. In other words, Ama wants to invoice (and reduce costs for citizens) by selling paper, plastic and other recycled materials.
The plants of the future
The industrial plan says that the Ama will have two plants (already authorized Via and Aia) to treat 60 thousand tons of organic waste each year, which can be doubled. Then two plants to select the paper flanked by two for the multi-material, that is above all plastic and also glass and metals, for 300 thousand tons. In addition, a new Tmb plant of 540,000 tons a year and an “end of waste” plant to recycle nappies, sanitary napkins and hospital towels for 20,000 tons a year, inspired by the Fater Smart-Contarina technology tested in Spresiano (Treviso).
No more waste exports
What will be left over after the selection will remain in Lazio. “We will no longer send waste to Veneto, Romagna and other parts of Italy”, the administrator undertakes. In addition, the project aims to reduce emissions to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The 7,200 employees are joined by a turnover of 900 new employees.
“We are working to align our projects with the PNRR: we will participate in tenders for funding,” says Zaghis. Alternatively, Ama will make use of investment funds on the circular economy. “It was a crossing in the desert that lasted a year and a half that I faced with the same spirit with which 20 years ago I had faced the rehabilitation of the FS”, says the administrator of the municipal administration of the capital.