They're between six and fourteen years old. There are about twenty of them. They cleaned the square themselves, piled up the garbage in the four corners, installed the doors and even installed (illegible) lampposts to illuminate […]
Naples, half the city still covered in garbage. Read more »
In Europe, the Environment Commission has called for the elimination of phosphates in laundry and dishwasher detergents. The proposed ban concerns household detergents and, if accepted, will come into force.
EU bans phosphates from detergents. The threat is eutrophication. Read more »
Bombarded by a high-calorie diet, Italian elementary school children are already growing potbellied. Over a million are overweight, nearly three hundred thousand obese. From the 67th National Congress of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, children's doctors launched a warning.
Too many obese children: pediatricians attack juice and bottles. Read more »
Humans are also in the dock: indiscriminate hunting in some areas of the planet, pollution, and advancing urbanization. These are some of the phenomena that are causing the problem.
Hunting and concrete: 13% of all birds are at risk of extinction worldwide. Read more »
From New York to Moscow, major cities around the world are addressing climate change in a variety of ways. The details of this challenge were outlined in Climate Action in Megacities, the report presented yesterday.
Climate change and metropolises Read more »
Fifty tons of waste. This is the result of the extraordinary collection by hundreds of volunteers who took to the beaches across Italy this weekend for the annual cleanup of the coasts, but also of the shores of
Beaches, fifty tons of waste collected Read more »
Giovanna Trinchella «I realize that alone it is very difficult to set and achieve great goals but I am equally convinced that by joining forces we can achieve great results, and that is why
Massive scam targeting African children. Actor Edoardo Costa under investigation. Read more »
Intelligent sensors monitor the efficiency and functionality of our appliances. Is the milk about to expire? No problem, everything is indicated on the refrigerator's LED display. We don't know the cooking times of our...
Hi-tech in the kitchen, refrigerators and ovens like robots Read more »
If many of our activities depend on satellites, a "space crumb" of just a few centimeters is enough to derail the eyes that observe Earth from above. To avoid collisions in orbit between satellites and junk,
A telescope that cleans up cosmic debris Read more »
The Municipal Administration of Villa Verde (OR) also adheres to the "Zero Waste" Strategy. This was sanctioned by the Municipal Council, which approved the guidelines, which undertake a series of important commitments that are explicitly stated.
Villa Verde on the Road to Zero Waste Read more »
Black smoke rose today from reactor number 3 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The smoke gradually subsided, but technicians working in the area were still evacuated. The situation worsens.
Japan, black smoke from reactor number 3. Tokyo water banned for children. Read more »
Treviso's public transport company, with European financial support, wants to create an info-mobility system to detect the position of approaching buses and provide citizens with a more efficient service. In the Old Town
Proposals to improve public transportation in Treviso Read more »
by CORRADO ZUNINO ROME – Our children will also miss pediatricians. Some, mostly in the North, mostly in the provinces, already miss them. The health retirement mill is expelling six hundred professionals from the network every year.
The disappearance of the pediatrician "2 million children without doctors" Read more »
A good check to see what the health status of your dog or cat is, and decide if there is something that requires a more thorough visit or if a nice check-up will be enough.
Dogs and cats, it's time for a visit Read more »
Campania faces a steep waste bill: 900 creditors are demanding €3,5 billion from the Civil Protection mission tasked with closing the books on a 17-year emergency. The largest claims come from Fibe and Fisia.
Waste: The state compensates the Camorra. 900 creditors are demanding €3,5 billion. Read more »
A small alley in Chiaia transformed into a landfill, reduced to a dunghill by an underdeveloped country, could become the symbol of the new inescapable emergency that is raining down on the city and the province, at the rate of 10 thousand tons already
Waste, riot in Chiaia: "We're fed up with this filth." Read more »
Petroleum-free gasoline, obtainable without waiting the millions of years it takes for fossil fuels to become hydrocarbons. According to the English company Cella Energy 1, after four years of secret research, conducted with the Rutherford Appleton laboratories of
They're studying whether synthetic gasoline could be created using hydrogen. Read more »
Launch a feasibility study on the conversion of municipal solid waste into aviation biofuel to ensure greenhouse gas reduction (up to 96%) and stable supplies. This is what the agreement between
Alitalia is studying a project to convert waste into fuel. Read more »
VAT on waste collection must be paid. This is an unexpected outcome for the 45% of local authorities that adopt the Environmental Hygiene Tariff (TIA), introduced by the 97 Ronchi decree as an alternative to the old Tarsu (waste collection tax).
Waste disposal tariffs: VAT chaos. Read more »
During its last City Council meeting, the Municipality of Monsano unanimously agreed to the path towards the “Zero Waste” goal by 2023, establishing the Municipal Waste Observatory which will concretely follow the administration
Monsano also chooses zero waste Read more »
