The 2018 Don't Waste Award is here. Win organic products equal to your weight in them.

The ninth edition kicks off in partnership with LUISS University. This year, special attention is paid to medication waste: it's worth €100 per family. Meanwhile, 12 million Italians don't have the money for medical care.

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Don't Waste Award 2018

DON'T WASTE AWARD 2018

The ninth edition of the Don't Waste Award. From an initiative of Antonio Galdo, author of the books Don't Waste, It doesn't take much, Selfishness is over (all Einaudi editions) and director of the site Don't waste.it, and with the scientific and organizational support of LUISS “Guido Carli” in Rome, an award for those who do not waste and teach others not to waste.

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This year's edition, in particular, will touch on the theme of the enormous waste of medicines in Italy300 million citizens consume more than 10 medicines a day, many of which are without a prescription, even when necessary. 40 percent of the medicines we keep in our homes have exceeded their shelf life. The cost of this waste is estimated at around 100 euros per family, and weighs heavily on the accounts of the National Health Service. The situation is even more serious regarding the waste of antibioticsItalians consume 43,9 percent more antibiotics than the average for all European Union countries. "These figures are even more scandalous in a country like Italy, where 12 million citizens forgo treatment because they can't afford it, and the average waiting time for a mammogram in a hospital is 122 days," comments Antonio Galdo. He adds: "Only by eliminating certain wastes, such as drug waste, will it be possible to free up resources for a more efficient National Health Service, one that can be used by all Italians."

TO KNOW MORE: The 2017 Non sprecare Award ceremony

WHAT IS THE DO NOT WASTE PRIZE?

Il Don't Waste Award The initiative promotes economic, environmental, and social projects and practices that foster comprehensive sustainability, savings and conscious consumption, lifestyles that rediscover sharing and dialogue, and intelligent innovation for economic growth aimed at real social progress. The initiative is open to five categories of individuals and/or legal entities who have implemented useful and original anti-waste projects in the past year: Character, Companies, Institutions and Associations, Schools, and YoungThe winners in each category will receive a quantity of organic products, donated by the Alce Nero group, equal to their body weight. The Award is supported by partnerships with the Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, the WWF, the National Research Council (CNR), La Sapienza University of Rome, Rai Radio 1, the Catalano Foundation, the Minima Urbania association, and LUISS University. The latter will host the awards ceremony, as usual, at the end of November.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2018 NON-SPRECARE AWARD

To submit your projects, follow the instructions here: https://www.nonsprecare.it/premio

Applications can be sent no later than October 15, 2018, to the email address [email protected].

The winners will be awarded at the end of November, at the LUISS Guido Carli University headquarters in Viale Romania 32, Rome.

THE WINNERS OF THE 2017 EDITION:

 

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