On March 23, the monthly data on the production and separate collection of waste on the metropolitan area for the year 2021 were published on page RIFIUTI URBANI E RACCOLTE DIFFERENZIATE - DATI MENSILI.

On March 4, the Comuni Virtuosi association, together with a large number of environmental associations, launched the "A Buon Rendere – molto più di un vuoto" campaign.

The beverage giant Coca-Cola has already for several years started a path to improve the environmental, social and health impact resulting from its production activity and from the products placed on the market.

Following the publication of the report of Working Group I last August, the report of Working Group II of the Interngovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published on Monday the 28th of February. This paper evaluates the vulnerability of natural and socio-economic systems, the impacts of changes and adaptation options.

The Commission’s Implementing Decision 2022/162 ( entered into force the last 14th of january) on the methods of application of Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of Single Use Plastics has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The provision - which will enter into force on February 27, 2022 - provides instructions for calculating, verifying and communicating the reduction in the consumption of certain single-use plastic products and the measures taken by Member States to achieve this reduction.

As part of the EU strategy on the production and consumption of plastic, set in the context of the European Green Deal, that set of policies aimed at reducing the eco-impactUnion environment in the medium and long term, focusing on the progressive abandonment of carbonfossil and disposable sources, the European Commi

It should be noted that the deadline for participation in the call for the Universal Civil Service has been extended to 2 pm on 10 February 2022, in order to allow anyone who has not yet done so to choose one of the projects proposed by the Metropolitan City of Turin and send his application.

On the 13/12/2021 the new announcement for the selection of volounteers of the Universal Civil Service was published on the website of the Department for Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service.

From January 1, 2022, the obligation to recycle textile waste came into force. Italy, with Legislative Decree 116/2020, brought forward by three years the provisions of the European Directive 2018/851, one of the four directives that make up the so-called "Circular Economy Package".

The European directive 2019/904 relating to single-use plastic products (SUP), which entered into force on 3 July 2021, is finding several difficulties in its application in the various member countries. In particular, three European associations of the plastic packaging industry have released a note expressing con