Environmental sustainability in Roman airports
The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) and Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Innovation Hub of Terminal 1 of Fiumicino to promote concrete sustainability and circular economy initiatives at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports. The Agreement, signed by ADR CEO Marco Troncone and MASE Deputy Minister Vannia Gava, also sees the participation of Laura D'Aprile (Head of the Ecological Transition Department) and Veronica Pamio (SVP External Affairs and Sustainability).
Main objectives and projects
- Environmental education: awareness campaigns dedicated to passengers and airport operators.
- Recycling and collection: plastic bottles, exhausted batteries, small WEEE and cigarette butts will be managed through new separate collection activities.
- Reuse and circular economy: transformation of collected materials into resources, with innovative traceability systems.
- Technological and institutional partners: the protocol involves CONAI, COREPLA, COREVE, COREPET, WEEE Centre and Pile Centre, enhancing an efficient network for the recycling chain.
Integrated sustainability and vision to 2030
The MASE-ADR synergy is part of ADR's path to reducing emissions and decarbonising it, which aims at NetZero by 2030, and consolidates its commitment to the two airports for years with:
- Biological water treatment plant: allows the use of drinking water for only 25% of the total requirement.
- Solar Farm in Fiumicino: inaugurated in January 2025, the largest self-consumption photovoltaic plant in a European airport, built by ADR, Enel and Circet.
- PIONEER: storage system with second-life batteries developed in partnership with Enel and the Fraunhofer Institute, capable of cutting 16,000 tons of CO₂ in 10 years.
ADR has been awarded for the third consecutive year as "Most Sustainable Company in the Airport Industry 2025" by World Finance, consolidating its global leadership in airport sustainability.
