Plastic waste that pollutes beaches, seas and depths: an emergency that shows no sign of abating and, for this reason, Greenpeace has made available Plastic Radar, a tool that allows us to report the presence of plastic simply by...
China will ban disposable plastic. The transition will take place gradually and will affect some products before others, big cities before small towns. The announcement was made by the National Commission for Development and Reforms and the Ministry of...
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representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from six
continents have announced that they are declaring a ‘climate emergency’, and
agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work
with students.
The
declaration came in a letter —...
One fund for the recovery of wild animals and one for the reclamation of orphaned sites. The last two days have certainly not been a rest for the Italian Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa who has placed two...
In India, school fees are paid for with plastic bottles. It happens in the state of Assam where many low-income families are taking part in a revolutionary program that allows them to use single-use plastic instead of money to...
In order to contribute to the knowledge and protection of pollinating insects, which are now more threatened than ever, a group of young researchers, led by Prof. Andrea Di Giulio, and composed of PhD students, scholarship holders and students...
During 2020, treatment plants started recovering almost 480 thousand tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This is what emerges from the WEEE Management Report 2020, which summarises the results of the annual declarations made by the plants...
Today sees the start of the 18th edition of European
Mobility Week, the European Commission’s flagship campaign promoting clean and
sustainable urban transport. Running from 16-22 September, almost 3,000 towns
and cities from about 50 countries will join with their activities promoting
safe...
In Italy it is possible to use electric scooters in the
city: the Official Gazette makes law 160 of 27 December 2019 operational. The
amendment of the maneuver changes the rules for these widespread two-wheeled
vehicles, agile in traffic and with a...
We are in the midst of a mass extinction, many scientists have warned — this one driven not by a catastrophic natural event, but by humans. The unnatural loss of biodiversity is accelerating, and if it continues, the planet...