The Urban Waste Report 2022 prepared by the Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) 

Frans Timmermans and Virginijus Sinkevičius present the new draft at a press conference in Brussels: the goal is to create a new economy, sustainable for the environment and European citizens.

On Tuesday 6 December 2022 was published the Annual Report on the State of the Waste Management System 2022, by the Waste Observatory of the Città Metropolitana di Torino. The document, drawn up with the support of civil service volunteers, aims to provide a useful information tool for Consorzi di Area Vasta (CAV), ATO-R, but also to update citizens on the productio

On Wednesday 23 November 2022, the award ceremony for the 7th Cresco Award-Sustainable Cities was held. In particular, Lexmark decided to award the "Circular Economy" prize to the Città Metropolitana di Torino for the candidate project "Verification of the feasibility of using recycled plastic as an additive for bituminous conglomerates".

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) opened on 19 November, now in its fourteenth year, continuing to actively involve numerous actors in society, inviting everyone to do their part.
This year, 16.129 actions will be implemented across Europe between 19 and 27 November 2022. Italy is once again confirmed as one of the most active countries for waste reduction thanks to no less than 5.778 initiatives, 1.026 more than last year.

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In the area of using rubber dust from end-of-life tires in road pavements, the Metropolitan City of Turin is a partner in the project "RElevant Audience Plan Leanding to Awareness Network for CIrcular Economy Use of Recycled TYre Materials in City LIFE", included in the framework of Green Public Procurement.

The project will last 42 months, from 01/01/2022 to 30/06/2025.

The amount of waste from packaging is at an all-time high, and it is only set to increase. This is confirmed by a report from Eurostat that examines trends in packaging waste generation in the 27 countries of the European Union plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein over the period from 2009 to 2020.

Ahead of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) (Nov. 19th-27th, 2022), the webinar "Cittadini e amministrati pubbliche: promotori insieme della cultura circolare" will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25th, 2022 at 4 p.m., live on Facebook and Youtube channels.

The European Commission is at work on the new Regulation to replace the 2006 Directive. This regulation will present many new features, but some aspects will be a challenge for those in the industry.

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