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According to recent policies related to the reduction of waste to landfill, since 2013 the EU Parliament is promoting and supporting research for sustainable alternatives to treat Asbestos Containing Wastes (ACWs) and to limit their landfilling. Moreover, on 28 January 2015, an Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) pushed all European Countries to the total removal of all used asbestos and all asbestos containing products; thus, asbestos removal, management and destruction has to be a priority target of the European Union. In particular, measures are encouraged to prepare action plans for the safe removal of all asbestos and ACWs, as a priority of the European community by 2028. This paper summarizes the status of the most important and innovative asbestos destroying processes, providing main operating parameters, advantages, and disadvantages. In this way, the ACWs become a secondary raw materials, which could be reused. Starting from the Italian experience, reported, analysed and discussed, other countries regulations have been evaluated evidencing as in many cases no specific rules exist. The extensive literature analysis , encourages further studies in the field. If the research will overcome the drawbacks highlighted in this paper, the industrial and social acceptance of asbestos destroying processes will considerably increase.

Łe Superfund site "Naples Bagnoli Coroglio", identified through the Law 388/2000(financiallawof2001), islocated in the western part of the city of Naples. It has been initially designed through M.D. 31/8/2001 (subsequently modified by the M.D. 08/08/2014). Łe site shows a total area of about 250 hectares and diRerent industrial facilities, including the Eternit asbestos cement production plants. Łe article contains a historical ex- cursus of both administrative and op- erational iter, in the framework of the main remediation activities carried out in the Eternit area of the Superfund. In particular, the characterization and the history of the site have been reported, with reference to the areas, the changes of companies and the subsequent activi- ties of site assessment and remediation. Specifically, the remediation has been carried out through separate and successive steps, as follows: 1) Evaluation of the structures and the subsoil through various analysis and cores; 2) Removal of above-ground facilities (building and industrial buildings), sewage networks and sub-services; 3) Reclamation of some areas contami- nated by Asbestos Containing Waste (ACW) and processing waste; 4) Remediation of the remaining lots of contaminated land. Łe present work focuses on the reme- diation techniques used and the preven- tion/safety measures envisaged for both workers and environment. Łe National Institute for Assurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL) was involved especially in the last remediation phase. INAIL issued three technical-scien- tific reports with the aim of improving the safety aspects related to workers and environment. In fact, the Institute plays an important consulting role on behalf of all the public administrations - among which, relating to Bagnoli Superfund, the Extraordinary Commissioner of Government, Environmental Minister and Local Authorities. It also takes part in technical meetings, carrying out on- site surveys and drawing up appropriate reference documents at national scale.