Eni Rewind made known, with a press release, that “from 16 June the excavation activities will begin for the reclamation of the former landfills facing in Crotone. The Swedish authorities have in fact authorized the export from Crotone of 40 thousand tons of waste, to be conferred by 25 May 2026, which will be intended in the Kumla landfill”.
“The waste, currently not conferrable in national landfills, which will be produced by the reclamation over 7 years is estimated at around 360 thousand tons, but the needs scheduled for the first year of activity is equal to 40 thousand tons. The estimate of the waste produced by the excavations of the ‘Operating project of remediation of excerpt’ decreed in August 2024 is in total of about 760,000 tons, of which approximately 400 thousand tons are non -hazardous and will therefore be disposed of in operational landfills in other Italian regions. Up to 40 thousand tons of non -disposable waste in Italy will be exported to Sweden in Container, via Nave from the port of Gioia Tauro, at a total disposal cost equivalent to what would have been incurred to use the Crotone landfill, as the cost of conferring in landfills in Sweden is equal to about a third of the Italian one and this allows to compensate for the higher transport cost for export. “
“Considering both the environmental impact and the risk of delays connected to the distance and complex intermodal logistics and, above all, that there is no possibility of guaranteeing the continuation of the remediation excavations with the entry into force, in May 2026, of the EU regulation that prohibits the export of waste, Eni Rewind reiterates that it is necessary to overcome the regional bond of disposal at the Crotone landfill, as required by the ministerial decree that they challenged the Calabria Regional Administrative Court, which will examine the appeal on June 18, 2025 “.
The reaction of voice and Ferrari
“The official communication from Eni in which it is announced that the first 40,000 tons of dangerous waste deriving from the reclamation activities, equal to the estimated needs until the middle of 2026, will not be treated locally, but will be transported and disposed of in Sweden represents not only an important result for the Municipality, the Province and the Region, but above all a victory for the entire city community”. The mayor of Crotone announced it in a note, Vincenzo Voce and the President of the Province Sergio Ferrari
“It is – second item – a goal resulting from the joint work of the institutions, which in recent months have operated with determination, responsibility and spirit of collaboration. A milestone that overturns the improper perspective feared in the illegitimate provision of the commissioner to the reclamation that had already marked the fate of the first 50,000 tons of waste by imposing their disposal at the Columbra landfill.
“It is a choice that protects public health and the environment and that confirms the validity of our requests”.
“We have shown unity and awareness, by asking forcefully that the security and sustainability criteria were respected. Today we can say that we have achieved a concrete and positive result that we will continue to pursue by making the subsequent quantities to be conferred from 2026 are disposed of outside the regional territory.“They declare voice and Ferrari.” The administrations will continue to carefully monitor any development relating to the management of industrial waste and ensures maximum commitment in the defense of the territory and the well -being of citizens “.
Occhiuto, common sense wins, the Calabrians win
They wanted to continue treating Calabria as the landfill of Italy. We said “no”, together with the other local authorities concerned, and we were right.
The dangerous waste deriving from the reclamation of Crotone will go to Sweden. The common sense wins, the Calabrians win. ” Roberto Occhiuto, President of the Calabria Region.