Regional Urban Waste Management Plan.

The Regional Urban Waste Management Plan for Sardegna was approved in 2008 and updated in 2016, the objectives are: 1) Set an Integrated Management of Urban Waste; 2) Prioritise the role of recycling; 3) Organise the Waste Management by Optimal Territorial Areas; 4) Respect of Socio-environmental objectives and purse low economic and energy consuming options; 5) Use of measurable objectives for waste reductions, collections and integrated management. The Update of 2016 has added under Title 4 the following objectives: 1) reduction of the production and danger of urban waste; 2) strengthening of actions aimed at preparing for the reuse of urban waste; 3) increase in the recycling rates of urban waste; 4) minimisation of the use of energy recovery from urban waste; 5) reduction of landfill disposal. Follow some of the actions and measures listed in the Plan: promotion of Eco-friendly processes of productions; green procurement; knowledge building, fiscal, tax and other economic measures, incentives. The Plan focuses as well on specific waste types to improve their management performance (e.g. packaging, organic) and waste management phases (criteria to identify suitable sites for treatment plans).