A video released on Tiktok accuses Messina of being the second dirty city in Italy, but the mayor Federico Basile announces complaint, clarifying that the images date back to before 2018, when the city faced a serious waste emergency.
«There are those who try to make up – says Basile – a virtuous path that our city has built over the years. Messina today is one of the cleanest metropolitan cities in Italy. In that video there are images dating back to before 2018, when the city crossed a deep waste emergency. You can see packed bins that no longer exist today, completely removed for years with the start of the door -to -door collection throughout the territory.
Today Messina – Basile reiterates – is a deeply changed city. A city that has chosen, with courage, to transform itself. And he did it together with its citizens, with clear choices, sacrifices, daily commitment. In 2024 we reached 58.57% of separate collection, with monthly tips exceeding 60%. Real numbers, which speak clearly. To say it is the Ispra 2024 report, which places us in seventh place in Italy between cities with over 200,000 inhabitants and first place in Southern Italy. We obtained the 2025 blue flag, first among the Italian metropolitan cities. In July, during the National EcoForum of Legambiente, Messina received the special mention as a pioneer metropolitan city of the Center-South. The main consortia of the supply chain, such as Conai and Comieco, attest to Messina today is a virtuous example of waste management in the South ».