The path to better waste management with more respect for the environment starts from Porto San Pancrazio. We are currently completing the testing phase in changing the means of sorted waste collection, which began in 2020 and was limited to about 20,000 users in Verona. That initial step is now becoming a detailed, uniform path that will gradually involve the entire city, except for areas where door-to-door collection is already in place. Starting on November 18, the current dumpsters will gradually be replaced by new, larger containers suitable for holding the designated type of trash. Their use is reserved for local users, thus eliminating the serious problem of trash deposited by residents from outside Verona. The new dumpsters can be opened with a card, which will be issued for free, and the AMIA app, which can be downloaded to a smartphone for free, providing access to user information, AMIA services, and much more. As specified in the new waste regulation, the card must be collected under penalty of a monetary sanction. In the testing area, this measure proved to be necessary for avoiding unauthorized abandoned waste. Most residents accepted this new method with a spirit of collaboration, contributing to increasing the percentage of recycling.
The new locked dumpsters will be used for organic and nonrecyclable trash. Free access will remain for glass, while paper/ cardboard and plastic/metal will be collected with the door-to-door system according to the calendar in the pages that follow, which also contain useful information for addressing this delicate transition phase without critical events.