ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ITALY

The working paper present from a pragmatic perspective, the main levers by which the Italian authorities were able to Successfully implement of modem waste management systems as a result of the necessity to compliance with respective communitarian acquis. In the beginning essential details ore given of the legislative framework that has established the major waste management principles and strategic objectives. Then are considered the mechanisms by which they were implemented forecasted targets, putting a special emphasis on specifying concrete results reached in order to demonstrate the solutions and instruments effectiveness which the central, regional and local authorities have resorted to ensure achievement of objectives and standards on waste management.