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Connett: zero waste can be!

A warning issued to both the community as to the industry: should always be responsible, even and especially in waste management. Paul Connett, emeritus professor of environmental chemistry at St. Lawrence University in Canton (New York), clarifies the point well, and does so from a critical question: is it really so far forced the choices you prefer for the disposal of waste? Rather, says Connett, we should strive to think about the issue in terms of energy , which means promote practical alternatives to the mere destruction of waste, or the production modules and recycling.

No real case solution, in fact, can pass through an incinerator! Burn 1 ton of waste generated is equivalent to no more than 5 million thermal units, and recycle it saves about 17 million of these units. With this, we should remember that the incinerator is an untenable choice for all purposes: specifically violated the right to health (serious is the dispersion of dioxin involved), this false solution is also shown anti-economic, since due to a principle of viability completely fictitious. Yet, the practice of disposing of waste incinerators can, and the strategy of "zero waste " theorized by Paul Connett is demonstrated with ease. Based on recycling and practice of recycling , it is a winner on the field of re-entry into rehabilitation of the territories. The same Connett us successful examples, including the work of the Xerox, which practice the recovery of old photocopiers by as many as 16 different countries, with a result of 95% recycling (for a savings of 76 mln dollars year!).

With regard to the differentiated, Connett it highlights the importance with regard to the possibility of composting organic material, the so-called clean: compost Organic waste makes it possible to return to the soil humus valuable, while avoiding this material ends up in landfills, the fate that, if realized, would make these hopelessly polluting waste. The focus of this approach, then, is the recovery of recyclable waste. As for the remaining part of the so-called junk, would be the appropriate representation of the system adopted in Nova Scotia, where such locality is further divided into two: one part, taken from precisely the most persistent residues (ie still unusable), welcomes other material re- employees, while the other is thus a gap growing decreasing. And these "leftovers" stubborn but being reduced, the active search for their local and sustainable use should be considered as a way actually feasible.

In Italy the first reference to a must be the work of Capannori, where the "door to door" has moved quickly to excellent results, with achieving a percentage of differentiated ' 83%. Significant in this regard, the words of Rossano Ercolini, Coordinator of the Zero Waste Capannori, who, remembering Capannori accrued by the historic success in the battle against the incinerator, says proudly: " were those who said yes to the objectives of innovation, from the standpoint of the choice of best practices, best available techniques and best alternatives " . Cancel waste is indeed possible, provided that it is reduced to mount the production of waste materials for recycling at the same time subjecting those already in circulation. This is true sustainability, a result that Connett and see Ercolini reached during the annual 2020, and through three choices of value as precious as urgent: no incinerator, landfill and no no to the commercialization of garbage. In two words, zero waste.

The Prof. Paul Connett is a professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence Guangzhou University (New York), where he taught for 15 years. He obtained a degree in natural sciences at Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in chemistry at Dartmouth in the USA.

Over the past 14 years has studied the problems of waste management, with particular emphasis on practical alternatives to the incinerator.

has participated in numerous international conferences on the issue of dioxin, and has written popular documents subsequently published in the pages of Chemosphere . He has conducted over 1,500 public presentations in 48 U.S. states and in 40 other countries.

Rossano Ercolini , born in Capannori (LU) 7 May 1955 and a resident here, he obtained a teaching diploma and then practice as a primary school teacher. E 'state councilor to Capannori for a list of the Greens, and currently is a member of Legambiente. He joined the Regional Council (Tuscany) 21 January 1991 to replace Claudio Del Lungo, he remained there until November 19, 1991. He also participated in the work of the Committee on Agriculture Board, joining the Greens. Just in Capannori, 20 and 21 November next to be held on 1st National Seminar on Research on waste and the promotion of good practices of environmental sustainability . Within the seminar, the Joint Meeting of the Operating Team and the Scientific Committee of the Research Center of the City of Capannori, coordinated by Rossano Ercolini and Prof. Paul Connett.

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