{
  "id": 7974372,
  "title": "Emergenza plastica, le imprese: «A rischio la raccolta»",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/emergenza-plastica-le-imprese-a-rischio-la-raccolta",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Il Sole 24 Ore",
    "slug": "il-sole-24-ore",
    "url": "https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/emergenza-plastica-imprese-a-rischio-raccolta-AJ0ClJFB"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "Unindustria, the association of Lazio businesses, has issued an urgent warning about the plastic emergency in the region, which threatens to disrupt the entire recycling chain and urban waste collection service. Gianni Mannucchi, president of Unindustria's Environmental Services section, highlighted that the main cause is the lack of outlets for recyclable material, which is being undercut by low-cost virgin raw materials imported from abroad. This is reducing recycling plant storage capacities. The plastic emergency in Lazio joins other ongoing crises in areas such as differentiated waste collection, where sufficient industrial solutions are lacking. This situation has led to stockpiles, delays, and higher costs due to off-region destinations, with additional environmental impacts from transportation. The Unindustria president noted that the sector has been warning about a declining capacity to process plastic since its inception, now causing visible effects throughout the system and filling storage centers. Data from the last July 28th showed a capacity loss of about 12,000 tons per month in the past year (Ispra 2024 census counted 384 plants, handling 953,198 tons). The regions most affected are Campania, Lazio, Puglia, Marche, Emilia-Romagna, and Sardinia, with reports also coming from Piedmont and Veneto. Plant closures have occurred due to both accidental (fires) and market/authorization delays/revamp reasons, according to the meeting report. During the summer, fires affected more recycling and storage plants. At a July session, the Ministry of Environment proposed immediate regional measures to increase and optimize storage, as well as temporary consortium and company interventions to mitigate the collection blockage and fire risk. In September, the national consortium for plastic packaging collection, recycling, and recovery, Corepla, was administratively placed in judicial administration by the Milan Court for a year for negligent aid to a consortiumed company (Synextra of Corsica, Milan) under criminal proceedings for illegal waste management. Investigations revealed that Corepla's leaders had not conducted effective and adequate checks on Synextra Spa's entrepreneurial capacity, organization, and operation of selection and storage centers, failing to take timely and appropriate actions to neutralize or contain the illegal waste management risk.",
  "summary": "L’ultimo allarme arriva da Unindustria, l’associazione delle imprese del Lazio: «L’emergenza plastica nella nostra regione minaccia di paralizzare l’intera filiera del riciclo e il servizio di raccolta dei rifiuti urbani»,...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}