Under the 2021–2027 Sicily ERDF Programme, Action 2.6.2 “Construction and upgrading of infrastructure, equipment and vehicles for the management, collection, reuse and recycling of waste and processing residues”, the SRRs or the local authorities themselves are eligible for funding, amounting to 100% of the expenditure incurred, for the construction and/or extension, upgrading or adaptation of Municipal Collection Centres, with a total budget of €33,000,000.00. With SIKUEL's integrated solutions, we support tender recipients in achieving the best score for project eligibility. Furthermore, if the Municipality or SRR is already our client, we can integrate the devices into the existing system to obtain an additional 5 bonus points as a complementary intervention.  

SIKUEL UniWaste solutions for Municipal Collection Centres

All devices are integrated with intelligent systems for user recognition, rejection, weight detection, and filling.  

K-TARIP – Web and mobile solution platform for the management of separate waste collection and pay-as-you-throw tariffs

Waste Separation Control via User Recognition, Weighing and Checkout of Deposits, and Calculation of Expected Premiums. Sending of Data to the Billing Management System.

• Optical reading of the fiscal code or identity card for user recognition
• Connection with opening bars for tax code or badge detection
• Calculation of the premium provided for in the TARI regulations.
• Historical record of collection movements, stock of various CERs
• Weighing of vehicles, net weight storage by Fraction
• Historical breakdown of differentiated waste quantities by EWC
• Entrance receipts, delivery forms, movement register
• Notification of every deposit in the Citizen App (K-TARIP Mobile) with summaries and bonus calculation.
• Material balance, according to the new Minimum Environmental Criteria, to document inbound and outbound flows, improving supply chain control and accountability

 

All-in-one Uniwaste

Integrated totem for waste management. User recognition via ID card reader, health card reader, or personalised badge. The UniWaste all-in-one units are located in Palermo.

• Fully galvanised steel structure, IP65
• Shelf with single-cell weighing platform 60×60 mm, suitable for weighing from 20g to 60 kg
• Integrated canopy with provision for photovoltaic panel
• Dimensions 80x120x220 cm
• Class 2 hi-vis safety markings
• Provision for floor anchoring
• 15-inch touchscreen monitor IP65
• Fanless computer with Intel CPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD
• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
• Internal router (SIM not provided)
• 80mm thermal printer
• Barcode reader, RFID, Identity card
• Internal ventilation system
• 12/24v power supply with short circuit protection
• Internal power button, emergency switch for power interruption with 10A circuit breaker

 

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Lid for UniWaste Bin

Computerised cover for access control via user recognition.

• Fully galvanised steel structure, IP65
• Shelving with weighing platform
• Filling sensors
• AI-equipped camera
• Automated, volumetric, handless or manual dispensing spout
• Possibility of housing two 360-litre bins or one 1100-litre bin
• Class 2 hi-vis safety markings
• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
• Internal router (SIM not provided)
• Barcode reader, RFID, Identity card
• Stand-alone power supply
• Power button

 

Smart Plastic – UniWaste

PET Bottle Plastic Crusher and Compactor

• Fully galvanised steel structure IP65
• 15-inch touch screen monitor IP65
• Fanless computer with Intel CPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD
• Integrated canopy with provision for photovoltaic panel
• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
• Internal router (SIM not provided)
• 80mm thermal printer
• Filling sensors
• AI-equipped camera
• Dimensions 80x120x220 cm
• Class 2 hi-vis safety markings
• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
• Internal router (SIM not provided)
• Barcode reader, RFID, Identity card
• Internal ventilation system
• 12/24v power supply with short circuit protection
• Internal power button, emergency switch for power interruption with 10A circuit breaker

 

CCR Access Management – UniWaste

Access management to the CCR via user identification and linked to traffic lights and barrier gates. User recognition is managed by reading the ID card, fiscal code, or personalised badges. Black/white lists can be managed. Through the camera, photographic certification of vehicle loading can be captured and matched with the number plate captured at the entrance. K-TARIP's access management module is integrated with the TARI database to allow for user identification.  

Isola Smart – UniWaste

Mobile multi-waste ecological island up to 6 openings with access control

• Fully galvanised steel structure, IP65
• Shelving with weighing platform
• Filling sensors
• AI-equipped camera
• Automated, volumetric, handless or manual dispensing spout
• Dimensions 600x130x150 cm
• Class 2 hi-vis safety markings
• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
• Internal router (SIM not provided)
• Barcode reader, RFID, Identity card
• 12/24v power supply with short circuit protection
• Internal power button, emergency switch for power interruption with 10A circuit breaker

 

Permitted operations

• Construction of new municipal or inter-municipal collection centres, including the purchase of a mobile collection system, also framed as equipment to enhance the new Centre and improve collection.
• Expansion/upgrade/infrastructure improvement of municipal collection centres (MCCs) for the separate collection of urban and similar waste

 

Eligible expenses

• Carrying out works relating to structures and systems, the purchase of supplies and services connected with the execution thereof;
• Acquisition of properties necessary for the realisation of the work within the limits provided for in the following paragraphs 5 and 6;
• Allowances and contributions due to public and private bodies as required by law (permits, concessions, authorisations, intended for the execution of works);
• Value Added Tax (VAT), which is an eligible expense only if it is non-recoverable;
• Technical expertise for surveys, feasibility studies, final and/or executive design, site supervision, measurement and accounting, safety, geological/geotechnical consultancy, any specialised consultancy as required by current regulations, technical expertise for the Single Project Manager (R.U.P.), technical-administrative and structural testing, where applicable;
• Expenses relating to technical costs, which are recognised as eligible up to a limit of 10% of the total tender base amount, where such costs are not attributable to activities carried out directly by the beneficiary organisation’s technical office, must be contracted out to external parties in accordance with the procedures laid down by current regulations,
• Fees and contributions due to public and private entities as required by law (permits, concessions, authorisations, for the execution of works) connected with the intervention.
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Form and amount of financial contribution

The capital grant is awarded up to 100% of the total eligible costs of the project. The grant awarded for each plant must not exceed the following limits:

1. For the creation of new CCRs, the notice provides a maximum contribution of € 700.000,00, excluding VAT and sums available.
2. For the expansion/upgrade/adaptation of existing MRFs, the notice provides for a maximum contribution of € 200.000,00, excluding VAT and funds available.

The financial contribution referred to in this Notice cannot be combined with other national, regional, or EU public funding granted for the same initiative and relating to the same expenses.  

PROPOSALS BASED ON POPULATION AND TYPE OF MUNICIPALITY
4	Provincial capital and metropolitan city seat
3	Provincial capital but not the seat of a metropolitan city
3	NON-PROVINCIAL CAPITAL MUNICIPALITY WITH MORE THAN 30,000 RESIDENT INHABITANTS AS OF 31/12/2024
2	Non-provincial capital municipality with between 10,001 and 30,000 resident inhabitants as of 31/12/2024
1	NON-PROVINCIAL CAPITAL MUNICIPALITY WITH FEWER THAN 10,001 RESIDENT INHABITANTS AS AT 31/12/2024

Scoring criteria

Criterion	Sub-criterion		Description	Points
Assessment criteria	Goal setting		Adequacy of the proposed organisational/plant solutions compared to the needs of the target area and/or population. Yes = 10 No = 0	10
			Maturity of the project proposal; presence of an executive project for the operation, furnished with all the opinions and authorisations provided for by national legislation on public works. Yes=5 no=0	5
	Quality of methodology/technologies and implementation procedures for the intervention		Use of innovative technologies: · Electronic system for access control and automatic user identification. = 5 · Integration with the decentralised collection system (door-to-door or via containers located in the territory) through identification of the individual collection container, use of identification bags, or by affixing special barcodes to the materials deposited. = 5 · Automated procedures for accounting for incoming and outgoing waste for the purpose of establishing mass balances. = 5	15
	Recovery/recycling capacity of materials		Reduction in landfill waste, measured by the percentage of waste sorted for recycling achieved. = 1 point for every % increase in the percentage of waste sorted for recycling achieved.	30
	Reduction of waste production or increased use of by-products or waste recycling		Assignment of a score indicated for each type of waste that can be conferred = 1.5 x number of EWC codes	20
Project quality in terms of the proposal's cost-effectiveness (ratio between the amount of support, activities undertaken, and achievement of objectives)			Economic sustainability of the collection system within the overall waste management cycle at SRR/ATO level. Presence of the Economic and Financial Plan (PEF) with details of the funds allocated to plant operation. Yes=10, No=0	10
		Use of materials and technologies that ensure high durability of the intervention	Yes=5 No=0	5

	Quality of the economic and technical maintenance management plan for the infrastructure	Yes=5 No=0	5
Bonus criteria
Integration with energy efficiency improvement measures		Yes=5 No=0	5
Integration with industrial symbiosis projects		Yes=5 No=0	5
Complementary intervention to further initiatives, activated within the scope of other investment plans, which enhance/complete the functions carried out by the infrastructure.		Yes=5 No=0	5

  For the purposes of admissibility, the operation must achieve a minimum score of 60/100. Scores awarded in application of the incentive criteria do not contribute to achieving the minimum score.  

Application submission deadlines

The approval of the amendment to the Notice was published in the Official Gazette on 8 May 2025. Questions must be sent within 90 days of the notice publication to the following certified email address: dipartimento.acqua.rifiuti@certmail.regione.sicilia.it, indicating in the subject line: “PUBLIC NOTICE Act 2.6.2 – ERDF Operational Programme 2021/2027”.” The deadline is therefore August 12th.   Contact us for more information on 0932 667555 or 3486185167, or email us at commerciale@sikuel.it