https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The rubbish piling up on the streets of Rome will be cleared within two weeks, Italy's environment minister promised after an emergency meeting on the capital's waste crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20190710/rome-rubbish-will-be-cleaned-up-within-15-days Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:31:03 +0200 rome-rubbish-will-be-cleaned-up-within-15-days Firefighters are working to contain a large fire that broke out early this morning in the north-east of the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20181211/fire-in-rome-smoke-from-toxic-waste-blaze-spreading-over-the-city Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:50:51 +0100 fire-in-rome-smoke-from-toxic-waste-blaze-spreading-over-the-city People in Milan have been warned to keep their windows closed after a huge fire broke out at a waste recycling depot on the outskirts of the northern Italian city. https://www.thelocal.it/20181015/rubbish-waste-trash-fire-in-milan-photos Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:18:06 +0200 rubbish-waste-trash-fire-in-milan-photos A 23-year-old circumnavigated the southern Italian island of Ischia on a boat made of plastic to highlight the growing issue of plastic waste along Italy's coastline. https://www.thelocal.it/20180816/italian-filmmaker-tours-ischia-on-boat-made-of-plastic-bottles-to-highlight-waste-issue Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:27:06 +0200 italian-filmmaker-tours-ischia-on-boat-made-of-plastic-bottles-to-highlight-waste-issue An association of Italian activists has something to say about Starbucks coming to Italy – but it has nothing to do with the taste of their coffee. https://www.thelocal.it/20180704/starbucks-italy-environment-plastic-disposable-cups Wed, 04 Jul 2018 14:53:03 +0200 starbucks-italy-environment-plastic-disposable-cups The region of Abruzzo has agreed to accept up to 39,000 tonnes of rubbish from Rome to help ease a garbage crisis in the capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20180111/abruzzo-rome-rubbish Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:45:49 +0100 abruzzo-rome-rubbish Restaurants, bars, hotels and shops across Italy will from Tuesday participate in a deposit return scheme for glass bottles as part of the government’s aim to promote a culture of recycling. https://www.thelocal.it/20171010/italys-deposit-return-scheme-for-bottles-gets-underway Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:20:06 +0200 italys-deposit-return-scheme-for-bottles-gets-underway The European Commission on Monday said that Italy urgently needed to improve its waste management, water infrastructure and air pollution. https://www.thelocal.it/20170207/italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:44:08 +0100 italy-faces-eu-fine-over-smog-and-waste-water-management Italy's upper house on Tuesday passed a raft of new legislation designed to combat food waste across the country. But what do the new laws mean for businesses and consumers in Italy? https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/what-you-need-to-know-about-italys-new-food-waste-laws Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:18:34 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-italys-new-food-waste-laws Italy risks losing an estimated €9.3 billion it received from the EU between 2007 and 2013 because it has failed to spend the money in time. https://www.thelocal.it/20160427/italy-fails-to-spend-93-billion-of-eu-money Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:39:07 +0200 italy-fails-to-spend-93-billion-of-eu-money Italian deputies on Thursday approved a new law aimed at curbing food waste which will make it easier for supermarkets, wholesalers and farmers to pass unsold products on to charities. https://www.thelocal.it/20160317/italy-adopts-law-to-combat-food-waste Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:31:44 +0100 italy-adopts-law-to-combat-food-waste Italy is set to become the second country in Europe to pass laws combatting food waste - a problem which costs the economy €12 billion each year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/italy-to-pass-new-laws-to-combat-12-billion-food-waste Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:56:01 +0100 italy-to-pass-new-laws-to-combat-12-billion-food-waste Kilometers of ancient Roman tunnels, including an early Christian catacomb, have been turned into a toxic waste pit by illegal dumping. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/italy-illegaly-filled-an-ancient-roman-catacomb-with-harmful-waste Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:58:54 +0100 italy-illegaly-filled-an-ancient-roman-catacomb-with-harmful-waste When America’s First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters dined in a popular Rome restaurant in 2009, staff were shocked when she asked for a 'doggy bag' to take her leftovers home. https://www.thelocal.it/20150819/doggy-bags-the-last-italian-taboo Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:33:58 +0200 doggy-bags-the-last-italian-taboo Italy is a country of half-finished projects. In fact, there are 671 incomplete public works projects across the country, according to data compiled by Linkiesta. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/five-ghost-buildings-that-cost-italy-dearly Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:08:55 +0200 five-ghost-buildings-that-cost-italy-dearly The European Court of Justice has hit Italy with a €20 million fine for failing to resolve waste management problems in the southern Campania region. https://www.thelocal.it/20150717/italy-fined-20-million-over-campanias-rubbish Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:56:50 +0200 italy-fined-20-million-over-campanias-rubbish The EU's top court slapped Italy with a giant €40 million fine on Tuesday for ignoring a seven-year-old ruling and failing to clean up illegal waste sites. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/eu-court-hits-italy-with-giant-illegal-waste-fine Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:43:33 +0100 eu-court-hits-italy-with-giant-illegal-waste-fine Italian police on Wednesday arrested 17 people accused of being part of lucrative illegal waste dumping in Campania, with ties to one of the regions most notorious mafia families. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/police-blitz-over-camorra-mafia-waste-dumping Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:05:00 +0100 police-blitz-over-camorra-mafia-waste-dumping Italians may be well-known for their healthy diet, but more are eating food well past its use-by date as the effects of the financial crisis continue to bite, according to new figures from Coldiretti, the Italian farmers' association. https://www.thelocal.it/20140203/crisis-hit-italians-survive-on-out-of-date-food Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:27:00 +0100 crisis-hit-italians-survive-on-out-of-date-food A survey shows economic problems are forcing Italians to be less fussy when it comes to food, so they're reducing waste and paying less attention to sell-by dates. https://www.thelocal.it/20140117/crisis-forces-italians-to-waste-less-food Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:37:00 +0100 crisis-forces-italians-to-waste-less-food