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Waste emergency in Rome: the landfill in Riano is not up to standard

The bicameral parliamentary commission on the waste cycle has said no to the Riano and Corcolle landfills. At least for now. But what will happen after Malagrotta closes? He is about to end up run […]

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Goodbye plastic in landfills by 2020: here is the zero waste recipe (VIDEOINTERVIEWS)

By 2020, eliminate waste deriving from plastic packaging. This is the proposal made known yesterday by Legambiente and Corepla during the conference "A cluster of national excellence: the recycling of plastic" which took place in Rome He […]

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Glass is a precious material: here is the decalogue to reveal all its properties

Glass is the most loved and used material by European consumers, because it is 100% pure, safe as it is made with non-toxic substances, it can be recycled easily and without limits, it does not alter the taste of food and drinks and is therefore […]

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Goodwill: the smart bins for the collection of used clothes that facilitate charity

Collecting clothes that are no longer used to give them to those who really need them is of fundamental importance. The alternative for old clothes is the landfill. Only a part of the fabrics is actually recovered, when it does not become part […]

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The bamboo and sugar cane dishes, resistant and decomposing in just 60 days

A team of American researchers has created resistant and ecological tableware from bamboo and sugar cane He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him A […]

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Researchers have created a plant-based material that can replace single-use plastics

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created a new sustainable material that could replace plastic in many fields He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Researchers […]

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Soap bottles from Pacific Trash Vortex plastic recycling

Transforming plastic that pollutes the oceans into bottles. In the immense blue of our seas floats the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific Trash Vortex, a gigantic mass of plastic debris twice the size of the United States. […]

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Electronic cigarettes: where to throw them to dispose of them correctly?

Electronic cigarettes, one of the possible help for those who want to quit smoking, a probable threat for the tobacco multinationals, but what do we really know about their disposal as waste? In fact, technological cigarettes represent, at the […]

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Children can inspire and motivate adults to fight plastic in the seas, the study

Raising awareness among young people about marine litter also means encouraging their families and local authorities to make concrete commitments Raising […]

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Waste: the stench creates illness in Terzigno

In Terzigno, waste creates inconvenience even beyond the feared opening of the second landfill, the site of which has already been identified and which the population is trying to fight by all means. Someone will hypothesize that yesterday's illnesses […]

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How to make graphene from food waste

Food waste is not a burden but a wealth. With this in mind, a team of scientists from the City University of Hong Kong is experimenting with new techniques to convert them into graphene. But it is not the only one. Europe is also working on this […]

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Sistri: companies boycott tests

There is no peace for the Sistri. The road haulage associations have announced a block until the Ministry of the Environment accepts the requests on the waste traceability system He is about to end […]

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Plastic Busters, the plastic-eating boat around the Mediterranean

Plastic Busters is the name of the plastic-eating boat that will go around the Mediterranean to clean it from the plastics dispersed in the waters. The project was presented today by the University of Siena at the Certosa di Pontignano, on the […]

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In London, we return to delivering milk in glass bottles to reduce plastic waste

To reduce plastic waste, in London they return to deliver milk in glass bottles, taking them directly to consumers' homes. To […]

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Biodegradable plastic? Bacteria will produce it using greenhouse gases and air

Greenhouse gases, which are particularly harmful to the health of the planet, have a chance to become useful and green. They could in fact be transformed into a new biodegradable plastic. It seems incredible but the infamous pollutants that populate […]

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Casa Corepla: how to educate children about plastic recycling

The Casa Corepla educational facility was inaugurated in Rubano (Pd). Environmental […]

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The EU against food waste

Stop Food Waste, stop food waste. The EU says it, which has estimated how much food is thrown away every year in Europe. 90 million tons, the equivalent of 180 kilograms each. And the bad news isn't over. Globally, about a third of food destined […]

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Lampedusa and Pollica plastic free: disposable dishes and glasses are prohibited

In Lampedusa and Linosa, the sales and use of disposable crockery, glasses and cutlery and other non-biodegradable materials will be stopped starting from next August 31st. He is about to end up run […]

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Bottles with an innovative mix of bioplastic and recycling of bottles in the oceans

Sustainable and fully recyclable packaging from plastic waste collected at sea. This is the idea of Ecover, a Belgian company that produces environmentally friendly cleaning products, based on vegetable and mineral ingredients, which wants […]

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In San Francisco, old subway tickets turn into trees

It is a common dilemma for all metro users: what to do with used tickets? In San Francisco, where an electronic credit ticket is used to access the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) District, they have seen fit to harvest them to plant trees. And […]

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Separate collection: in Norway "rubbish" is sold in the supermarket (Video)

Precisely in the days when Naples begins to see the light of the waste emergency with the signing of agreements for the transfer of "rubbish" even if De Magistris takes "an extra year" to implement his plan to bring separate waste collection to […]

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The compostable dishes made with the leaves that are making the women of an Indian village emancipate

Vistaraku is the Madhavi and Venu company that creates biodegradable dishes with leaves, together with the women of the Thimmareddypalli village Vistaraku […]

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Swedish tea towels: the resistant and compostable cloths alternative to absorbent paper and microfibre

Swedish tea towels are an economical and environmentally friendly solution to blotting paper and microfiber cloths used in house cleaning He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him I […]

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This is why you should cut the plastic rings off the bottles before throwing them away

Gestures that cost us nothing can actually save the lives of many animals. Such as cutting the plastic rings of the bottles or the wrapping of the cans that many times become deadly traps for birds, turtles, fish and so on. He […]

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Get rid of single-use plastic from the shelves! Supermarkets anticipate the European ban on disposable tableware

Federdistribuzione has banned the use of single-use plastic products by member companies, anticipating the EU ban expected by 2021 He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Supermarkets […]

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We explain why broken glasses do not go to separate glass collection

We explain how to recycle broken glasses correctly and what we can throw in the glass container or not Judging […]

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Pacific Trash Vortex: the plastic waste that changes the ecology of the ocean

This was revealed by research conducted by the University of California and published today in Biology Letters. During an expedition, researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered that a marine insect that lives on the surface […]

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Goodwill: the smart bins for the collection of used clothes that facilitate charity

The bamboo and sugar cane dishes, resistant and decomposing in just 60 days

Researchers have created a plant-based material that can replace single-use plastics

Soap bottles from Pacific Trash Vortex plastic recycling

Electronic cigarettes: where to throw them to dispose of them correctly?

Children can inspire and motivate adults to fight plastic in the seas, the study

Waste: the stench creates illness in Terzigno

How to make graphene from food waste

Sistri: companies boycott tests

Plastic Busters, the plastic-eating boat around the Mediterranean

In London, we return to delivering milk in glass bottles to reduce plastic waste

Biodegradable plastic? Bacteria will produce it using greenhouse gases and air

Casa Corepla: how to educate children about plastic recycling

The EU against food waste

Lampedusa and Pollica plastic free: disposable dishes and glasses are prohibited

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In San Francisco, old subway tickets turn into trees

Separate collection: in Norway "rubbish" is sold in the supermarket (Video)

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Swedish tea towels: the resistant and compostable cloths alternative to absorbent paper and microfibre

This is why you should cut the plastic rings off the bottles before throwing them away

Get rid of single-use plastic from the shelves! Supermarkets anticipate the European ban on disposable tableware

We explain why broken glasses do not go to separate glass collection

Pacific Trash Vortex: the plastic waste that changes the ecology of the ocean

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