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For 2025, Italy is expected to reach a recycling rate of 75.2% for packaging, with actual volumes steadily increasing. The data was released in celebration of World Recycling Day, which is observed every March 18.   In detail, this year should see over 85% of paper and cardboard packaging recycled, more than 80% of steel packaging, 70% of alum...

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“Italy in 10 Selfies” every year tells about some of the country's records, often little-known or underestimated ones, that determine the features of an economy that is more human-oriented and, therefore, more promising for the future. The work provides data that highlights how, thanks to the process of qualitative transformation of the national pr...

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In Campania, the company Essequadro, which has been active for over 50 years and is already a leader in the eyewear industry, came up with an idea that is both simple and brilliant: recovering cellulose acetate from cigarette filters to produce eyeglass frames. In fact, the company has embraced the cigarette glasses project, monitored during the...

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In recent years, recycling unwanted gifts has become a widely embraced practice among Italians, as highlighted by a study from Confcooperative. The report reveals that nearly 28 million individuals in Italy are prepared to give a second life to items they receive during the festive season. From wine and clothing to books and toys, gifts that don’t...

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That of garbage is an emergency that has been trying to be fought for years now in many Italian cities. Rome and Naples are certainly the ones that suffer most from this discomfort, but the problem of garbage is also being felt in other cities. Burning every type of waste that came to the landfill, pollutes, so that is why alternative methods are b...

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In 25 years, Italy has gone from waste emergency to recycling excellence, and today Italy is the European leader in waste recycling, and the recycling industry has experienced steady quantitative and qualitative growth. In 1997, separate collection of municipal waste was only 9.4 percent and 80 percent of waste ended up in landfills. Only 21% of in...

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The recycling rate of paper and cardboard packaging in Italy has exceeded in 2020, 15 years in advance, the European target of 85% set for 2035, touching 87.3%. This is stated by the National Union of Recovery and Recycling Companies (Unirima) in the Report 2021. In the global context that has been affected by the pandemic crisis, the 600 recycling...

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