From November 20th till 28th the European Week for the reduction of waste production will take place for its 13th edition, and this year the chosen topic will be on “Circular communities”.It has been announced by the promoter commitee of this event, composed by CNI Une
The recent transposition of the SUP Directive by Italy has renewed the attention on our consumption model and the resulting excessive waste production, in particular considering single-use products.
More than 14 billion beverage containers are wasted in Europe, in Italy 7.1 billion PET bottles, glass bottles andd cans are dispersed into environment or disposed of in landfills or incinerators as undifferentiated waste. Research by Reloop platform highlights the impressive numbers of plastic packaging waste.
Yesterday, 25 March, the award ceremony of the 12th edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) was held.
The award ceremony of the 12th edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR), which took place across Europe from 21 to 29 November 2020 and saw 3,473 actions carried out in Italy, will be held online on Thursday 25 March at 10:30.
Yesterday (20 January) the Italian Promoting Committee of #SERR, the largest communication campaign on waste reduction in Europe, met.
The meeting shared the theme to be proposed to Brussels for the 2021 edition and the date for the awards ceremony of the 2020 edition, which, due to restrictions, will be online next 25 March.
Fingers crossed for the choice of this year's theme!#SERR2021
The phenomenon of the abnormal spread of disposable plastic objects and packaging (unfortunately aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic), the serious environmental impact deriving from their uncontrolled abandonment in the environment and the actions that can be taken to combat the phenomenon, have long been at the center of the dialogue between stakeholders. Fortunately, concrete signs of greater awareness of the problem and willingness to tackle this real challenge to the "civilization" of throwaways are beginning to emerge.
The EWWW (European Week for Waste Reduction) 2020 edition, which has just ended, this year focused on a particularly complex but very interesting topic: "invisible" waste. In other words, these are waste which, although not actually tangible to consumers, weighs heavily on our shopping and our daily actions. For example, to produce a pair of jeans worth a few euros, over 23 kg of waste are produced (not counting the impact on air quality and water consumption, which is very significant).
Among the many records that Italy holds is also that, not very honorable, of being the world's leading consumer of bottled mineral water: as many as 220 liters a year each, followed by Mexico. In Europe after us we find Germany with 195 liters, France and Spain with 140, while the British reach about 50 liters. This exaggerated consumption in general is not justified in a country where tap water in many cases is of excellent quality.