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Circular economy

approach and 44%

waste recovery PROPORTION
OF ALUMINUM
RECYCLED
on board

Costa’s ships are fitted with state-of-the-art systems for the recovery, recycling and reuse of the non-profit organizations, maintaining structured dialogue with the relevant stakeholders in
materials utilized on board. Incentives for this approach come in the form of the constraints 28% order to assess possible plans for further enhancement of efficiency. In this sense our alliance
imposed by cruising, especially the continuous operation of the ship as a traveling smart city, PROPORTION with CiAL (Consorzio Imballaggi Alluminio, Italy’s National Consortium for the Recovery
making it necessary to rationalize as far as possible the use of resources and minimize the OF PLASTIC and Recycling of Aluminum) is a particularly strategic partnership by means of which since
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amount of waste to be disposed of. Our Garbage Management Plan is applied fleetwide and 2007 we have collected and recycled approximately 500 metric tons of aluminum. Using
lays down criteria that are stricter than those prescribed by MARPOL. The Plan is aimed at the same approach, Costa Cruises is committed to developing projects with a dual aim: the
the drastic reduction of the volume of waste, especially hazardous wastes, which are subject transition to a circular economy business model based on a short supply chain and, at the
to specific selection criteria and processing. On board, all waste materials are categorized same time, sensitization and empowerment of “shipboard citizens”. Linked to this latter aim
with the aim of safeguarding the environment and once again going beyond compliance with 49% is our decision to bring back on board the glass previously disposed of, showing everyone on
the relevant standards. In addition to greatly reducing the amount, the corporate approach to PROPORTION the ship a concrete example of a recycling project. More specifically, the glass in question is
waste management aims as far as possible to recover secondary raw material and recycle it OF GLASS AND recycled and returned to the ships in the Costa fleet in the form of olive oil bottles, olive oil
in ports that promote sustainable resource usage, at the same time raising awareness of crew PORCELAIN being a staple on every table in our buffets and restaurants; this way everyone can see the
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members directly involved in waste handling. As far as possible the Company tries to manage tangible result of the recovery and reuse of what would otherwise be considered a “waste
reuse and recycling shoreside with the involvement of, and benefits for, local associations and product”.

6.77 liters
GIVING OUR GLASS SS
GARBAGE GIVING OUR GLA
PRODUCED
NEW LIFE
PER PERSON NEW LIFE
PER DAY

129,753 m 3
TOTAL GARBAGE
PRODUCED
ON BOARD
Cooperativa Sociale ativa Sociale
Costa Cruises
Costa Cruises S.V. P S.V. Port Service ort Service Ecoglas Verallia Oleificio Zuc Costa Cruises Cooper
Oleificio Zucchi chi
Costa Cruises uses uses
Verallia recycles recycles
Ecoglass takes delivery s takes delivery
the bottled oil in the
receives the glass
Goccia. All of the proceeds All of the proceeds
bottles the olive oil,
of the glass waste from
the glass and
collects the glass used
collects the glass used receives the glass of the glass waste from the glass and bottles the olive oil, the bottled oil in the Goccia.
from the project go to the
on its ships and landed ashore, S.V. Port Service and uses it for the used as a staple buffets and from the project go to the
on its ships and
used as a staple
S.V. Port Service and
landed ashore,
uses it for the
buffets and
acquires ownership
on the vessels
cooperativa sociale Goccia ativa sociale Goccia
manufacture of 50
processes the material
restaurants on the
processes it directly acquires ownership processes the material manufacture of 50 on the vessels restaurants on the cooper
processes it directly
of the Costa fleet.
cl Marasca bottles.
further in its plant
in Imperia, which is actively
of the material in
ships; each bottle
on board by sorting, of the material in further in its plant cl Marasca bottles. of the Costa fleet. ships; each bottle in Imperia, which is actively
on board by sorting,
at Dego (Province of
crushing and sifting in
crushing and sifting in compliance with at Dego (Province of has a special label engaged in efforts to
engaged in efforts to
has a special label
compliance with
Savona), turning it
Legislative Decree no.
reclaim land for olive
raising guests’
500 metric tons accordance with the Legislative Decree no. Savona), turning it raising guests’ reclaim land for olive
accordance with the
awareness of the
growing; this cooperative
182/2003 and manages
into Secondary Raw
recycling parameters
recycling parameters 182/2003 and manages into Secondary Raw awareness of the growing; this cooperative
(defined in the
its transportation
(defined in the
was chosen in collaboration
importance of
its transportation
Material (SRM) that is
Material (SRM) that is
ALUMINUM Ministerial Decree and storage in the transported to Verallia. importance of was chosen in collaboration
with the Università di Università di
recycling.
with the
transported to Verallia.
recycling.
and storage in the
Ministerial Decree
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company’s own facility
Scienze Gastronomiche.e Gastronomiche.
of February 5, 1998
since 2007 and subsequent in the port of Savona.
and subsequent
in the port of Savona.
amendments and
amendments and
additions).
additions).