Reducing the withdrawal and consumption of quarry materials thanks to the use of recycled aggregates: the objective of the Recycle Observatory
Reducing the withdrawal of materials and the impact of quarries on the landscape is an important issue in our country, as there are many serious wounds still open in our regions. It is now possible to respond to these problems, as demonstrated by the many countries...
Social sports and the environment in prisons: the activities of the Santo Spirito Institute in Siena on the recycled rubber field inaugurated today
Following the inauguration, last September 24, of a football field containing recycled rubber, the activities organized by the Siena chapter of the Italian Union of Sports for All (UISP) for the prison inmates are underway. The field was created thanks to a...
Ecopneus celebrates four years of activity with one million tonnes of end-of-life tyres collected and sent for recovery
Today, September 7, 2015, we celebrate the achievement of 1,000,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres collected and recovered since the beginning of our activity, four years ago, on September 7, 2011. One million tonnes is equivalent to the weight of over 100 million...
One million tonnes of end-of-life tyres collected and recovered, the equivalent in weight of eight cruise ships
One million tons of end-of-life tyres, around a hundred million ELTs, equal to the weight of eight cruise ships. That’s how many end-of-life tyres have been collected and recovered since the launch of the national system, in September 2011, by Ecopneus,...
Perfect acoustics at Festambiente thanks to Ecopneus and recycled rubber
No more confused sounds, words that are difficult to understand, or shows and events penalized by bad acoustics: as of this summer the Ex Enaoli Church in Rispescia, part of the ”Il Girasole” National Centre for the Sustainable Development of Legambiente,...
The archaeological area of Cales finally free of abandoned tyres
The removal operations of the end-of-life tyres abandoned at the archaeological area of Cales, an ancient Roman colony of the fourth century BC in the town of Calvi Risorta, Caserta, continue incessantly. This is an operation of particular importance for protecting,...
Ecopneus at Symbola’s Festival of the Soft Economy. Treia (MC) 23-25 June 2015
Ecopneus will participate again this year in the Festival of the Soft Economy that will be held between Treia (MC) and Macerata from Tuesday June 23 to Thursday June 24; the Summer Seminar, which will be held in Treia (MC) during the weekend of June 26-27, will...
Ecopneus Sustainability Report 2014: the equivalent in weight of 28 million passenger car tyres recovered in 2014 (+13% with respect to the legal objective)
255,000 tonnes of tyres collected and recovered in 2014, equivalent in weight to 28 million passenger car tyres, 13% more than the objective set by law. This is the balance of the activity of Ecopneus, the non-profit company that is among the leading managers of...
Ecopneus and UISP together in Genoa for an environmentally-friendly sport
At the ribbon cutting ceremony today at the park of Villa Parodi in Genoa, the home to several complexes of the Istituto Comprensivo Sestri (the “Villa Parodi” primary school and the “Dante Alighieri” middle school), Ecopneus and UISP (the Italian Union of Sports for...
Anello Debole Prize: Ecopneus will award the best short film on the circular economy
“Capodarco, the Other Festival” is scheduled until Saturday at Capodarco (Fermo): a week dedicated to cinema with the showing of movies, documentaries and short films, as well as encounters with directors and actors and dedicated workshops. Since 2010 the Festival has...
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