| inbluevt | Date: Sunday, 2013/05/19, 11:01 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the
continent’s first Zero Waste town.
Today, about 3.5 million Italian citizens carefully separate their waste into coloured bags before
leaving them on their doorsteps for collection. The movement has spread
further, too, to other European countries.
Giorgio del Ghingaro, the mayor of Capannori (population 46,000), defines this trend as a “cultural revolution” that began with rubbish and in time went much further. Since 2007, residents of Capannori have reduced their urban waste by 30 percent as part of a Zero Waste
strategy, which calls for the elimination of all superfluous waste –
anything that can be recycled – by 2020.
In Capannori, they are determined to meet this deadline. “Zero waste by 2020 is no utopia,” Del Ghingaro told IPS. “It is a concrete goal that we intend to achieve”.
Initially, the project looked quite ambitious. Its model was that of San Francisco, California, which differs from the Tuscan town in size and conformation. Nevertheless, Capannori’s midterm goal of recycling 75
percent of waste by 2015 was met long in advance; the town currently recycles 82 percent.
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