Between 2022 and 2025, Portugal is facing major challenges in the field of municipal waste management, in order to meet the commitments made within the European Union and the objectives set out in the Strategic Plan for Municipal Waste (PERSU …
Sustainability
Until 15 April, the European cities most committed to environmental sustainability can apply for the 2027 edition of the award. No Italian city has ever been “European Capital”. Spain and Portugal have already been twice each.
Among the many environmental …
In the face of climate change, calculating your carbon footprint is essential. Online applications and tools help to understand and reduce emissions, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting a greener future.
The carbon footprint has emerged …
Faced with the global challenge of ‘greenwashing’, the UN and consumers are mobilising for transparency and real action to tackle climate change.
The term ‘greenwashing’, a combination of ‘green’ and ‘whitewashing’, refers to the practice …
Apulia’s olive trees are drying out due to a dangerous pathogen, but also because of decades of poor practices by landowners and the general effects of climate change.
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa was probably introduced in Gallipoli (in the …
The circular economy is nothing new. Although it is a concept that is much talked about today, it was an everyday practice in our grandparents’ time, especially in rural areas, where the old maxim of the father of chemistry, …
What three items would you take to a desert island? The answers are practically infinite. However, they all share a common trait: one of these three objects, or perhaps even all three, will be made of plastic.
Since their invention …
