How CO₂ storage at sea works
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Roughly half of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans, which also serve as the planet’...
Wastewater Directive: the race for circular biorefineries is on
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The revision of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (2024/3019) sets increasingly ambitiou...
The environmental world remembers Bergoglio: he will continue to “inspire new generations”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “An unwavering global champion”: this is how climate and environmental activists aroun...
Farewell to Pope Francis, the climate activist “from the end of the world”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano With the death of Pope Francis, one of the most powerful voices of our time in the fight for clima...
More Varied and United Supply Chains: A New Era for Cobat Consortiums
An efficient waste collection and disposal process necessitates oversight over individual supply chains; however, teamwork between different sectors is equally important, to exploit differences, opt...
Italy Leads the Way in The Sustainable Management of Plastic Packaging Waste
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In 2022, according to Eurostat data, 36.1 kg of plastic packaging waste per capita was generated i...
Ecomondo China: a litmus test for relations between Rome and Beijing
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Chengdu - The 19th edition of Ecomondo China CDEPE, the Italian Exhibition Group’s flag...
Smart parking policies improve city dwellers’ lives
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano When the makeover of Piazza del Popol Giost was completed at the beginning of March, residents of ...
3Bee, the Nature-tech Company that Surveys Biodiversity
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The buzzing of bees and bumblebees in a meadow on the outskirts of a large city; satellites in orb...
Circularity at Waste Management Europe 2025: Interview with Gavin Sutcliffe
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Waste Management Europe Exhibition & Conference 2025 will take place in Bologna, from the ...
Giving New Life to Furniture with Extended Producer Responsibility
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Italian National Furniture System Consortium (Consorzio Nazionale Sistema Arredo), launched in...
All the Benefits of a Bamboo Forest
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano Forever Bambù is an Italian company that combines environmental restoration and circular ec...
COP16 biodiversity Rome: 200 billion dollars for nature and how to mobilise them
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Rome – A roadmap to mobilise at least 200 billion dollars from public, private, philant...
PFAS in Europe: the cost of contamination and the obstructionism of lobby groups
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water If PFAS restrictions are not enforc...
Grosseto (Italy): the Green Pioneer that enchanted Europe
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Amid the vivid hues of the Maremma and the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city of Grosseto aston...
Culligan inaugurates its new Italian headquarters in Bologna
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On Tuesday 3 December, Culligan, th...
COP16 Biodiversity, Countries to Resume Crucial Discussions in Italy in February 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The UN Biodiversity Conference suspended earlier this year in Cali, Colombia, will reconvene ...
Italian Climate Fund: how Italy is really contributing
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Baku - Negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) − the post-2025 f...
A dual energy dependence between Azerbaijan and Italy: ECCO's case study
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Azerbaijan, the host country of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, is certainly not a positive ...
Piano Mattei: the three-card trick at the expense of climate, Africa and Italy
This week, Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee is examining the Mattei Plan (Piano Mattei), the government's strategic framework for Italian African relations. The document, as received by parlia...