How Italy got its citizens — and me — to adopt a rigorous recycling scheme

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By Sarah StodolaApr 23, 2025, 10:50 am136 pts
Of all the sources of culture shock I might have anticipated after my partner and I bought a home in 2022 in northern Italy, trash collection never crossed my mind. I didn’t know going in that Italy had become the top overall recycling country in the EU and one of the best for household-level recycling — in…

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