Former SIN, now under the region, Napoli (quartiere Pianura), Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy
Pianura (Naples)
A former landfill between the Naples district of Pianura and Pozzuoli, closed in 1996, right beside the Astroni nature reserve. Besides municipal waste it took industrial and special waste, much of it from northern Italy.
At a glance
- Status
- Under assessment
- Activity
- until 1996
- Media
- soil, groundwater
- Kind of site
- landfill, illegal dumping
- Area. The perimetered area was not verified.
Contaminants
Mixtures and waste
Status
Under assessment
Since 2013 remediation has been the Region's responsibility. No up-to-date official source on the state of characterisation and remediation was found; the status given here is a cautious one.
Story
The Pianura-Pozzuoli landfill took municipal solid waste and was closed in 1996. Over time it was also filled with industrial and special waste, mostly from the northern regions. As reported by Wikipedia, a 2000 inquiry by the parliamentary commission on waste found it likely that at least eight hundred thousand tonnes of sludge from the ACNA plant at Cengio had been disposed of there. The site lies about 50 metres as the crow flies from the Astroni nature reserve and within the Campi Flegrei regional park.
At the end of 2007, during the Campania waste emergency, the government considered reopening it; in January 2008 there were protests and clashes and the landfill was not reopened. In April 2008 a ministerial decree added it to the sites of national interest; in 2013 it passed to the Campania Region.
Official documents on the contaminants found and the works carried out could not be consulted.
Timeline
- 1996The landfill closes.
- 2008Protests against reopening (January); the decree of 11 April 2008 establishes the SIN.
- 2013The decree of 11 January 2013 hands the site to the Campania Region.
Nearby
SIN, Napoli, Campania
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
6 km
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Petroleum hydrocarbons
- Polychlorinated biphenyls
Phytoremediation
SIN, Giugliano in Campania (Napoli), Campania
Giugliano wider area (Area vasta di Giugliano)
11 km
- Mixed waste
SIN, Campania
Naples East (Napoli Orientale)
13 km
- Petroleum hydrocarbons
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Polychlorinated biphenyls
- Chlorinated solvents (TCE, PCE, chloroform)
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli, Campania
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
17 km
- Mixed waste
- Dioxins and furans
Phytoremediation
Sources
- Riferimenti normativi per i Siti di bonifica di Interesse Nazionale (agg. 31 dicembre 2025), ISPRA, 2025
- Discarica di Pianura-Pozzuoli, Wikipedia, 2026
Draft compiled from public sources, not yet reviewed.