Centro di Ricerca Rifiuti Zero (Zero Waste Research Center)

Zero Waste Europe connects and supports a vibrant network of 31 national and local NGOs promoting the zero waste strategy as a way to make Europe more sustainable. Local groups are responsible for promoting zero waste, managing and monitoring the network of zero waste municipalities, and engaging with companies and decision-makers.

Zero Waste Italy started at informal level in 2004 during the Naples waste management crisis.

At a formal level the network started in 2013 as non-profit organization. Its main results include: defeat of at least 35 incinerators proposals and promotion of connection to the global Zero Waste movement. In 2007, Zero Waste Italy asked the mayor of Capannori to become the first Italian municipality to adopting Zero Waste goals at formal level. The mayor accepted and a Zero Waste deliberation was approved by the city council. Nowadays, 300 Italian municipalities have adopted the Zero Waste deliberation, thus covering 6.200.000 inhabitants.