The management of urban waste at regional scale: The state of the art and its strategic evolution case study Basilicata Region (southern Italy)

In the elaboration of a waste management plan for the Basilicata Region, a comprehensive study was performed to find out waste management strategies technically acceptable, cost - efficient and environmentally compatible. In this framework a preliminary characterisation of municipal solid waste was carried out to evaluate its relative amount and its chemical-physical properties. This is the first step for the implementation of an optimising procedure, which will define an integrated waste management system suited to the local issues and stable with respect to unpredictable changes in the planning conditions.