GAIA spa (Integrated Environmental Management of Asti) was created to deal with the treatment, recovery and disposal of urban waste produced by the 115 member municipalities of the province of Asti. In addition, the company deals with other activities relating or connected to services relating to waste such as studies, research, communication, sale of recovered materials and products and electricity produced by burning the landfill biogas.

The company was born in its current corporate form on 3/01/2005; the origins date back to 1978, when 3 municipalities in the province of Asti (Asti, Baldichieri and Tigliole) formed a consortium creating the CSRA, a local authority to manage waste. In twenty years around this nucleus, more than 70 municipalities have united and in 2006 the current quota of 115 has been reached. Following the implementation of the Regional Waste Management Program, in 2004, the Consortium begins the journey that it will lead to the transformation into a SpA (public capital). It is in this step that the company Gestione Ambientale Integrata dell'Astigiano (GAIA SpA) comes to life, to which the ownership and management of the waste treatment plants has been attributed.

In the last 10 years GAIA has almost doubled the number of employees and today the volume of waste treated has increased by 30%, thanks to new collaborations in the Piedmont area (including the provinces of Turin, VCO, Alessandria and Cuneo) and with Liguria .

The plant system counts to Asti, l to registered office and, in the industrial area, the " Polo waste treatment " that includes two systems: one of Exploitation of recycling materials and the other for the Mechanical Biological Treatment of unsorted municipal waste. At San Damiano d'Asti retrieving the organic waste, in Cerro TanaroThe non-recoverable waste is disposed of in the “landfill for non-hazardous waste” and finally GAIA manages, in the province, 12 collection centers (Ecostazioni) serving the citizens.

In order to achieve sustainable development, starting from 2004, the company policy has adopted a transparent policy which has progressively integrated its Management System which has reached the best international standards in terms of quality, environment, safety and social responsibility. To further protect the corporate values ​​expressed in the Code of Ethics and in the Integrated Management Policy , GAIA has adopted the Organizational Management and Control Model ( OMM ) pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/01 and subsequent amendments, and has established its own Supervisory Body ( OdV ).