Naples will host three days Paul Connett, professor and researcher recognized worldwide for his studies on the treatment of waste, the theoretical maximum of Zero Waste Strategy. Invited by the "Bell Network Health and Environment", held three conferences in the capital of Campania: Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 Monday, February 4.
professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, Paul Connet deals more than 15 years to study waste management, with particular attention to the dangers of incineration, looking for safer alternatives and sustainable. He has participated in major international conferences on the subject and published several papers and documents submitted later in the course of many meetings with the public in the U.S. and many other states. Connet part from studies in the countries in developing the amount of waste has reached in recent years, the highest levels - because of growing population, migration from the countryside to the cities, and the effects of globalization, which has made ubiquitous consumption patterns Western Europe, and the proliferation of disposable packaging. Landfills often simple piles of waste in the open, are full and the expansion of the boundaries of the city limits the ability to create new ones. For this reason, many countries look to the possibility of incineration of waste as the ideal situation. But it is a technology that has many problems and that the more developed countries start to leave. The options have a lower cost, provide more jobs and result in less pollution.
The Zero Waste movement aims fact that a substantial reduction of waste products. A difficult process but would provide a revolutionary, at the local level, several initiatives, including:
1) Adopt a plan for the disposal of waste that does not include incineration.
2) Decentralized waste management by drawing on the resources of local communities.
3) Separate the materials to be recycled to preserve the quality.
4) Promoting the composting attractive from an economic standpoint.
5) Make cost-effective and meaningful participation in the program, if necessary by establishing a system of incentives economy.
6) Developing a market for recycled materials as possible locally.
7) Work to empower producers with regard to the whole life cycle of their products.
8) Educate users as possible by spreading the new philosophy in the media, in the workplace and in schools, inculcating the notion that the zero option protects the environment, create jobs and strengthen the economies local and regional authorities.
A solution is not impossible, and probably the only one that guarantees a real environmental protection, even if in Italy there is a long way to go. Currently it recycles only 18% of the garbage (in Naples on 10% or less, although some small towns in Campania have rather good examples), while the Ronchi Decree required local authorities to reach at least 35% by 31 December 2003.
A strategy that also means, however, a radical change in consumption patterns: in fact the goal is not only dispose of waste, but also drastically reduce production. examples are already in operation, over the years, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many large cities in the U.S., where he quickly achieved a reduction of trash more than 50% in all supermarkets in these areas have been installed such as delivery devices for retail sales of shampoo, detergent, water and wine, thus avoiding the production of millions of plastic containers.
A solution is not impossible, and probably the only one that guarantees a real environmental protection, even if in Italy there is a long way to go. Currently it recycles only 18% of the garbage (in Naples on 10% or less, although some small towns in Campania have rather good examples), while the Ronchi Decree required local authorities to reach at least 35% by 31 December 2003.
A strategy that also means, however, a radical change in consumption patterns: in fact the goal is not only dispose of waste, but also drastically reduce production. examples are already in operation, over the years, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many large cities in the U.S., where he quickly achieved a reduction of trash more than 50% in all supermarkets in these areas have been installed such as delivery devices for retail sales of shampoo, detergent, water and wine, thus avoiding the production of millions of plastic containers.
by www.ecodinapoli.com
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