How to sort your waste

In Turin, waste is sorted using different sized containers depending on the type of collection operating in the area, with a different colour for each waste category:

Paper and cardboard
Plastic packaging
Glass and tins
Compost
Non-recyclable waste
WEEE
Toner and cartridges
Clothes
Oil Collection
Other collections

Paper and cardboard

The selective collection of paper and cardboard throughout the city of Turin is home-based.
Using the YELLOW container provided, newspapers, notebooks, books, paper and cardboard packaging, cardboard boxes, drinks containers (tetrapak or other polylaminate items) can be disposed of following these guidelines:

  • iIems should be clean and free of any foodstuff;
  • Cartons and cardboard boxes should be flattened;
  • DO NOT put items in a plastic bag, instead use bags made from plant-based materials or place items directly in the container;
  • DO NOT include paper tissues, greaseproof paper, baking parchment, tin foil or receipts. If you have any queries, please refer to the dedicated section on the COMIECO Consortium website.

Where home collection has not yet been arranged, Apartment Complex Managers can call the Cartesio cooperative hotline on 800.201401.

For further information, please refer to the COMIECO Consortium website.

Plastic packaging

In Italy, only plastics that are packaging are sorted and disposed of separately. This includes all plastic items that act as a food or drink container, i.e. items that contained or covered the product at the time of purchase.
Using the GREY container provided or the semi-transparent bags or the semi-transparent bags supplied by Amiat, drinks bottles, flasks, trays, packaging (including polystyrene), tubes, bags, single-use plates and cups, bubble wrap and other plastics can be disposed of following these guidelines:

  • To avoid any foul odours, the containers must be empty and rinsing them is also advised;
  • Bottles and flasks should be crushed horizontally;
  • DO NOT dispose of any type of plastic that is not packaging (e.g., toys, basins and crockery, hard cases, hose pipes, building materials, rubber items, etc.).

For further information, please refer to the COREPLA Consortium website.

Glass and tins

In Turin, glass and tin cans are sorted together along with all other metallic packaging.
In the recycling banks and BLUE containers provided, glass jars, metal tins, glass bottles and pots, perfume bottles, bottle caps, tins, metal containers and tubes, aluminium containers and sheets can be disposed of following these guidelines:

  • To avoid any foul odours, the containers must be empty and rinsing them is also advised;
  • DO NOT use these containers to dispose of windowpanes, mirrors, drinking glasses and other crystal or Pyrex items, light bulbs, computer or television screens or ceramic objects or abandon such objects beside the containers. If you have any queries, please refer to the COREVE Consortium, to the CiAI Consortium or to the RICREA Consortium websites.
  • DO NOT dispose of rubbish using plastic bags, items must be loose.

For further information, please refer to the COREVE Consortium website for glass, the CiAI Consortium website for metallic packaging or the RICREA Consortium website for steel.

Compost

Using the BROWN container provided, separate organic waste including scraps from both plant and animal origin: fruit, vegetables, eggshells, meat, fish and bones, teabags, coffee grounds, flowers, small amounts of plant waste from domestic gardening can be disposed of following these guidelines:

  • Only put waste in paper bags or in plastic bags that are biodegradable or compostable;
  • DO NOT use the containers to dispose of compost, litter tray waste, cigarette butts, animal excrement, or shells. If you have any queries, please refer to the dedicated section of the CIC Consortium website.

For further information, please refer to the Italian CIC Compost Consortium website.

Non-recyclable waste

For waste NOT included in any sorted waste category (for instance, items that are dirty or made of several materials that cannot be broken down), or if you are unsure on how to properly dispose of an item, use the non-recyclable waste containers to avoid any risk of contaminating the sorted waste.

WEEE

WEEE are Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment, including large and small domestic appliances and generally any items you wish to dispose of that use a power supply.
Every time you buy a new item, regardless of the type or size, the retailer is obliged to pick up the item that is being replaced.
For small electric and electrical equipment (no more than 25 cm), and therefore not large waste items, large retailers are also obliged to pick the item up free of charge without you having to make a purchase.
In any event, individuals can dispose of electric equipment at an Amiat Collection Centre. For larger domestic appliances, individuals can request a free home pick-up service through the Amiat website or by calling the Customer Care Service on 800.017277.

Toner and cartridges

Individuals can dispose of used IT products free of charge at Amiat Collection Centres, such as empty ink cartridges (ink jet) and empty laser printer cartridges.
The waste collection service is provided free of charge for individuals, municipal areas, surrounding premises and all the compulsory education public schools within the City of Turin.
Commercial users and all the other users who use printing as part of their professional services should contact La Nuova Cooperativa (telephone 011. 7732212, Fax 011.7732228, email lanuovacooperativa@lanuovacooperativa.it) to request a container and set the service up. The collection service must be paid for, though the user may independently bring their waste to a collection point specified by the Cooperative, free of charge.
For further information on the cost of home collection services, please call our Customer Care Service at 800 017277 or contact La Nuova Cooperativa.

Clothes

For the collection of clothes, clothing accessories and textile material in general no longer in use, around 400 large metal containers have been placed in the city and in the Amiat Collection Centres.

The material is collected, on behalf of Amiat, by “Cooperativa Sociale Lavoro e Solidarietà" and “Humana People to People”, who, through this activity, employ disadvantaged workers; the recovered clothes are largely put back on the market as second-hand clothes.

To find out the location of the containers closest to your home, you can consult the map on the citizen services website.

 

Oil Collection

Amiat, in collaboration with Conoe, the National Consortium for the Collection and Treatment of Exhausted Vegetable and Animal Oils and Fats, and in agreement with the City of Turin, has launched a widespread project to strengthen and extend the street collection of exhausted domestic cooking oils throughout the Turin area.

Domestic edible oils are:

  • Olive oil and various seed oils, used for frying and food preparation;
  • Canned or glass food preservation oils such as tuna, mackerel, sardines, mushrooms, artichokes, rice seasonings, etc;
  • Deteriorated or expired vegetable oils.

To find out the location of the containers closest to your home, you can consult the map on the citizen services website.

In any event, individuals can also dispose exhausted olis at an Amiat Collection Centre

To read more about the project check the dedicated page.

Other Collections

Thanks to the presence of the Collection Centres in the city, Amiat guarantees numerous other selective collections:

  • neon and energy-saving lamps;
  • wood;
  • ferrous materials and metals;
  • mowing and prunings from private gardens in small quantities;
  • cork stoppers.

For more information, please visit the Collection Centres section.

To get the best sorted waste collection quality and avoid malodorous issues, waste disposed of in the paper, plastic and glass containers should be cleaned as best as possible and free of food residue. That is why it is advisable to rinse packaging and avoid disposing of dirty items.

DOUBTS ABOUT THE CORRECT DISPOSAL?

In case of doubt about the delivery of a waste: 

  • See the dedicated page on the IrenAmbiente citizen services website
  • Consult the Amiat Waste Disposal Service in the section Guides also available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese
  • Download the apps available on the theme

 

For further information on urban waste management in Turin, please refer to the Municipal Waste Management Regulation on the Turin City website.