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Ecomondo 2025 Returns to Rimini as Europe’s Circular Economy Hub

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ecomondo, the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) event of reference in Europe and the Mediterranean ba...

Terna Invests in Innovation Hubs and AI to Drive the Energy Transition

Questo articolo è disponibile anche in inglese / This article is also available in English Terna, Italy’s national electricity transmission operator, is rapidly accelerating its transf...

Waste Oils and Biodiesel: A Cycle Worth Exploiting

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Italy, the National Consortium for the Collection and Treatment of Used Oils and Fats (CONOE) i...

Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...

Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...

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...

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