Desertification, a form of soil degradation that is measured by monitoring plant cover and soil productivity, is a rapidly growing threat: 29% of the global territory is affected, where over 3 billion people live, while large slices of our...
"If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live" a prediction, never scientifically confirmed and attributed to Albert Einstein which, however, turns the spotlight on the very important role...
Women and young people are more attentive to sustainability issues. This is what emerges from the report "Energy between individual and community values", which analyzes the environmental behavior and energy consumption of families in the light of environmental psychology...
Graphene asphalt experimentation starts in Milan:
Iterchimica, an Italian company which is world leader in the field of asphalt
additives, together with the Metropolitan City of Milan will carry out the
reconstruction of a section of the SP35 Milano-Meda and of a...
The measures to combat the coronavirus have led to an approximately 40% reduction in average level of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution and 10% reduction in average level of particulate matter pollution over the past 30 days, resulting in 11,000...
Each file can require up to 32 different documents - a number that can grow exponentially if you look at the individual pages for each document - corresponding to an estimated consumption of 7.5 kg of paper and 1000...
Throwing anti-Covid 19 gloves and masks not only pollutes our planet but can help spread the virus. The complaint is from the Plastic Free association which in recent days has documented, photographing, gloves and masks thrown on the ground,...
How much waste do we produce in Italy? And every citizen? How does the separate collection proceed? These questions are answered by the “Municipal waste report” of Ispra. As regards production, there is a slight decrease in 2019 compared...
"The objective of reaching 25% of the agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030, indicated by the European Commission in the 'Farm to Fork' could be modified because it contains some contradictions, although several measures contained in the...
A BBC investigation found dozens of advertisements on Facebook for the sale of pieces of the Amazon rainforest or newly cleared areas by people who have illegally taken possession of them. Among the areas for sale on the internet...
