Home About comieco Who is Comieco? Comieco is the National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Cellulose-based Packaging. Its members are mainly: paper manufacturers, importers of paper and board packaging, recycling companies. The Consortium manages voluntarily every stage of the process that recovers and recycles paper and board collected as a whole and not only packaging waste. In order to manage the collection and the recycling, Comieco signs agreements with the local authorities and collectors. Comieco was founded in 1985 as a voluntary association of paper manufacturing companies sharing an ethical environmental code. In 1997 – in complain with the Italian law (D.Lgs. n. 22/97modified by D.Lgs. n. 152/06) – Comieco became the National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Cellulose-based Packaging. The Comieco headquarters are based in Milan and the Comieco branch is in Rome. Learn more about "Who is Comieco?" In 2011, Comieco started internet-based tenders to recycle mixed paper and cartonboard. Paper mills, paper recovery plants and traders are allowed to participate, after an approval procedure http://aste.comieco.org Read more Fact sheet 2020 Achievements 2020 Prevention Magazine. 04/11/2021 Comieco: sustainability at a glance – 2021 edition The 2021 english version of Comieco: sustainability at a glance is now available: the publication illustrates the social, environmental and economic responsibility of the recycling cycle of cellulose-based packaging. A value for the environment, a value for Italy. Leggi di più 11/11/2020 Comieco participates in the European Week for Waste Reduction The eleventh edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR), aimed at promoting the awareness of the need to reduce waste, will take place on November 21-29, 2020. It is a major European environmental communication campaign supported by the Ministry of the Environment and of Land and Sea... Leggi di più 02/11/2021 Prevention indicators, data 2020 A plain cardboard box offers countless properties and functionalities. The approach to prevention adopted by Comieco and the paper pipeline is confirmed by a consistent data base concerning environmental performance and considering innovation in materials. Discover the indicators and... Leggi di più 21/01/2021 Environmental labeling for packaging The Guideline was born as a publication able to offer answers to interpretative doubts on the regulatory dictate regarding environmental labeling for packaging and direct its correct application. The e-tag online tool was designed to build an environmental label compliant with existing regulatory... Leggi di più 20/10/2020 Design for recycling guidelines for paper packaging Design for recycling guidelines for paper packaging have been realized thanks to the collaboration between the research team from the Chemistry, Material and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of Politecnico di Milano, and the experts from COMIECO. Collaboration with the whole chain has been crucia... Leggi di più 13/09/2021 Paper and Board Collection, Recycling, and Recovery in Italy in 2020 A review of the results contained in this 26th annual report highlights that almost 3.5 million tons of paper and board were sorted in 2020 globally, with a “loss” of approximately 22thousand tons vs. 2019, as well as an increase of more than 34thousand tons in the South as an effect of the eng... Leggi di più 04/09/2020 Paper and Board Collection, Recycling, and Recovery in Italy in 2019 While this 24th Report on the Recycling, and Recovery of Paper and Board may look like a statistical exercise, I believe that the data and the development of separate paper and board collection provide, as such, evidence of the excellent results of paper and board packaging recycling in Italy. We... Leggi di più carica altre notizie Agenda Convegni, webinar, eventi, mostre e tanti altri appuntamenti organizzati da e in collaborazione con Comieco Scopri quelli più interessanti per te! Ricevi aggiornamenti su notizie, eventi e attività. Iscriviti alla newsletter. Via Pompeo Litta, 5 20122 Milano Tel. 02 55024.1 Fax 02 54050240 Contatti About comieco FAQ Glossario seguici © Comieco Consorzio Nazionale per il Recupero ed il Riciclo degli Imballaggi a base Cellulosica. All rights reserved. P.IVA: 12303950153 Privacy policy Cookie policy Sitemap Credits