Plastic-free
beaches also in Tuscany. After Puglia, Tuscany also bans disposable plastic
items from the summer of 2019. In nine hundred bathing establishments, along
about 230 km of coastline, giving food and drink in non-recyclable disposable
containers will be forbidden.
The Tuscany Region, in...
The
European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) is starting today, and represents
an initiative to stimulate and make visible activities, projects and events
that promote sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). It takes place every year from 30 May until 5 June....
In Italy fishermen
become custodians of the cleanliness of the seas. The Council of Ministers
approved the Salvamare bill presented by Environment Minister Sergio Costa.
Fishermen will be able to collect the plastic and bring the one that ends up in
the nets...
Europe says
stop to the use of disposable plastic. The European Parliament approved a
package of measures that will ban disposable items by 2021. The new directive become
definitive in 2021 and prohibit Member States to use a series of disposable
plastic items...
"Alliance
to end plastic waste" is the agreement signed by about thirty
multinational petrochemical companies with the aim of combating the abuse of
plastic and reducing the waste produced by it, which floats on the great rivers
of the world and reaches the...
Air
pollution kills more than cigarettes. Smog causes around 8.8 million victims
worldwide in one year, or 120 deaths per 100,000 people. On the other hand,
smoking kills 7.2 million, mostly causing cardiovascular diseases. In Europe,
we have 790,000 deaths per year (133...
