| Name | Valuing What's Already There: Wait, I Still Have Value! |
| Location | Milan, IT |
| University | Politecnico di Milano |
| Level | *2024* Master I 2nd semester |
| Type | Academic |
| Group | 3 People |
| Course | Masterclass ROTOR |
| Supervisor | Géraldine Durieux Gaspard Geerts Prof. Pierre-Alain Croset |
| About | In 2019, the total production of special waste, including inert materials from construction and demolition, amounted to 33,486,938 tons. Of this, special waste accounted for 18,869,786 tons, representing an increase of 2.4% compared to 2018, a figure that corresponds to about 23% of national production. Non-hazardous waste amounted to 15,949,732 tons, with an increase of 3.0% compared to 2018 (15,481,451 tons), while hazardous waste amounted to 2,920,055 tons, remaining nearly stable compared to 2018 (2,927,442 tons), with a variation of -0.5%. Regarding special waste, there has also been an increase in material recovery over the years, rising from 63% in 2002 to 85.5% in 2019. In Lombardy's facilities, approximately 46 million tons of waste were managed, of which nearly 39 million were subjected to recovery operations. |