On February 25th the Catalan government has set up a working group on improving packaging management with the participation of several of its areas and the local world, the business sector and unions, the packaging, trade and distribution sectors, integrated packaging waste management systems and environmental and consumer organizations. They are scheduled to meet every […]
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On March 4th, the “Zero Plastic Sant Boi” campaign was launched to change single-use plastic bags and wrappers for other reusable ones in the city’s markets. The objective is to de-plasticize the citizens of Sant Boi’s purchases. The campaign will take place in the markets of the La Muntanyeta Centre, Sant Jordi, Torre de la […]
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80% of marine litter in the Mediterranean comes from land-based sources and 80% of it is plastic. An average daily contribution of 250,000 pieces of waste per square kilometre is estimated during the tourist season on the beaches. The Zero Beach project, coordinated by Rezero and Eco-union, has shown that banning smoking on beaches can […]
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Disposable menstrual products, diapers, and wet wipes are causing serious environmental, economic and social impacts throughout their life cycle, from the production phase to their end of life. A ground-breaking study by Rezero on the environmental and economic impacts of disposable menstrual products, diapers, and wet wipes shows how the current generation of waste from […]
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Remenja’mmm, a project promoted by Rezero, Banc de Recursos and the gsr group, announces the third edition of the Remenja’mmm Awards, a competition for those restaurants that carry out best practices to reduce food waste. Let us remember that a third of the total world food production destined for human consumption ends up wasted and […]
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The first Library of Things in Catalunya, a pioneering project in social and environmental economy, is launched. Increasingly, we have become accustomed to accumulating objects at home that we barely use but which take up space, cost money and end up becoming waste. A family today lives surrounded by between 3,000 and 4,000 objects that […]
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Today Palma has held the “Deplasticize food” conference to face the threat of plastic in people’s health. Under the pretext of service, product protection and hygiene, single-use plastic packaging, take away and over-packaging have proliferated The use and dispose culture not only implies a significant increase in waste and affects natural ecosystems – especially in […]
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In the second #reWINE tasting, several agents involved in the project’s pilot test in the Vallès region – Falset Marçà Cooperative, Caprabo and the Consorci de Residus del Vallès Oriental- announced the need to promote reuse in a context of Climate Emergency. Yesterday the second tasting of the reWINE project was held in Caprabo in […]
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The Councillor of Environment and Territory of the Balearic Islands, invited by Rezero and Ecodes, have attended the first assembly of the body that will ensure compliance with the objectives against climate change. The Councillor of Environment and Territory, Miquel Mir, and the general director of Environmental Education and Waste, Sebastià Sansó, explained the content […]
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Rezero has presented “The Balearic Islands towards Zero Waste. Current situation and indicators for the transition”, a pioneering work that provides a joint and transversal vision of the production and consumption model in the Balearic Islands. Specifically, the results and trends that we find on the island of Menorca have been exposed. The presentation took […]
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The consumption of wipes is increasing during lockdown. Shall we fix this? Cloth towels, sponges, hands, toilet paper or bidet are alternatives. In recent years, interest in the impacts generated by the current model of production, consumption and waste generation of single-use products, especially plastics, has increased. Wet wipes are an example of products that […]
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