ELTs BEYOND THE TARGET: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE COLLECTION BEYOND THE LEGAL OBJECTIVES
As already reported and after having closed 2015 with a total collection of ELTs more than 15,000 tonnes above the legal target, Ecopneus is finding that the same problem is already arising during the first weeks of 2016, and is probably exacerbated by the presence of...
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,...
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 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...
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...
The Ecopneus recycled rubber chain certified as transparent and ethical at the maximum level
Providing consumers with clear and transparent information that can orient buying decisions toward socially and environmentally sustainable products. This is the objective of “Social Footprint – Product Social Identity”, the first certification that assesses the...
Rapolano (SI): the removal of end-of-life tyres concluded in record time
Only fifty days were needed to solve a serious environmental emergency that had weighed on the community of Rapolano, in the province of Siena, for over 10 years. Here, in Collalto, about 2,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres that had been abandoned were completely...
A field made of recycled rubber for the class that wins the educational project of Ecopneus and Legambiente
A field made of recycled rubber to the school in Puglia that creates the best commercial on good practices related to the proper recovery of end-of-life tyres – this is how the competition “For a correct recycling (or processing) of end-of-life tyres” begins. The...
“Terra dei Fuochi”: 420 tons of end-of-life tyres collected to date thanks to Ecopneus’ activities under the Protocol for the “Terra dei Fuochi” area
The activities of the Protocol for the extraordinary withdrawal of end-of-life tyres from the “Terra dei Fuochi” area continue incessantly, and see the involvement to date of 14 municipalities in Caserta and Naples, the local police, municipal institutions and...