With the arrival of autumn, the city of Turin is preparing for the change of its urban waste collection system in the historic center: the road system currently present will be replaced by the home collection system. This project will involve both domestic and commercial users.
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World Cleanup Day returns on Saturday, September 16, 2023, with numerous initiatives taking place around the world.
On 4/09/2023, a new body, the Piedmont Waste Authority (AR-Piemonte), was formally established, which will become a point of reference for the management and 'start-up for treatment of certain categories of municipal waste.
In the Piedmont Region, an important transformation has come to fruition.
Some recent examples in the Italian context.
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The Kraft Heinz Company, the great food company famous for their mayo, has decided to reduce by 20% the virgin plastic in packaging by 2030.
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The European Council approved the new battery regulation, marking a significant step towards sustainable electromobility in the EU. With the aim of introducing more robust measures for batteries and related waste, the regulation aims to ensure responsible management of the entire life cycle of accumulators, from the production process to reuse and recycling.
On 25 of July, a new webinar for the preparation of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 2023 took place, focusing on businesses and on their projects.
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Montecitorio does not agree with the EU proposal for the regulation on packaging and packaging waste, but a new UN report, as well as several European NGOs, show how necessary this new legislation is
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On July 6, 2023, the conference "Biorepack: il sistema italiano delle bioplastiche come motore di sviluppo e rigenerazione" (Biorepack: the Italian system of bioplastics as a driver of development and regeneration) took place in Rome, organized by Biorepack, Consorzio Nazionale per il Riciclo degli Imballaggi in Bioplastica Compostabile (National Consortium for Compostable Bioplastic Packaging Recycling).
Legambiente launches an alert on the critical state of the Italian marine ecosystem and its historic Golette (ships) sail for the protection of this common heritage.
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