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Pack green, arriva il vademecum per il cartone ondulato
Pack green, arriva il vademecum per il cartone ondulato
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00:00Ecomundo 2024, the numbers of a record edition.
00:16Pack Green arrives at the Vade Mecum for the wavy cardboard.
00:22Great numbers for the 27th edition of Ecomundo, the biggest ever.
00:29It closed with new records at the international event dedicated to Green and Circular Economy,
00:35organized by Italian Exhibition Group at the Fiera di Rimini.
00:39Presences at 5% more than the previous edition, 4% more than those from abroad.
00:451,620 e-brand exhibitors who occupied 166,000 square meters in the Fiera district,
00:52expanded with two new pavilions to answer a growing demand from companies.
00:59A meeting place for the technological innovation of companies, the world of research,
01:03professionals of the sector and international delegations
01:07who have participated in over 200 conventions and workshops in the program.
01:11Ecomundo has been demonstrating its growth for years now,
01:15and the reason is probably due to the fact that,
01:18first of all, Italy is an important country in the circular economy sector,
01:23which is growing at an important rate, 6% more than last year.
01:29It is positioned very well on the issue of recycling.
01:33We are at 72% against a European average of 65%.
01:39And we also have the promise that in the next few years, until 2030,
01:47probably about 300,000 jobs will be created through the circular economy.
01:53Ecomundo is the collector of all this knowledge.
01:57It is the place that has become a leader in Europe and in the Mediterranean basin
02:04on the issue of green economy and circular economy.
02:09The novelty compared to this year is the whole issue of climate change prevention.
02:16The use of big data, artificial intelligence and monitoring
02:22will be the essential tools to prevent what we are used to consider as disasters,
02:29which once were extraordinary and are becoming more and more ordinary in our world.
02:36And so Ecomundo is a great opportunity to relaunch the theme of the environment
02:42and the attention that humans must pay to the environment
02:45in order to live in harmony on this planet.
02:50Climate change is part of the current situation we are experiencing.
02:54Hence the action of the institutions on mitigation and adaptation.
02:58On the one hand, we are growing with renewables.
03:01The fact that we have surpassed the fossil fuel energy production during 2024
03:12is a significant fact in the first half of the year.
03:15Then, of course, it is an element, because the goal must be seen in a longer period,
03:20with the goal of 2030 and then 2050.
03:23But we are growing with wind energy, with photovoltaics,
03:27we are renewing the geothermal concessions of a new generation.
03:32And so the path, the road is this, on the front of mitigation,
03:37we must take into account that we are in the middle of the Mediterranean,
03:40the Mediterranean is one of the warmest seas,
03:42the contrast is such that what we thought should never happen,
03:48or could happen every few hundred years,
03:51unfortunately is much more frequent.
03:52We must run with adaptation and repair as quickly as possible.
03:57On the one hand, many small maintenance works are necessary,
04:03on the other hand, many large works are necessary, not done for years,
04:08but because there was no need for it,
04:10the state of gravity was not perceived,
04:15but of course it is about creating vessels to collect water when it comes too much
04:21and release it when there is drought, it is about creating areas of exploration,
04:26it is about balancing the flow of rivers and torrents
04:34with respect to the environmental protection of biodiversity,
04:38but also the livability of the people who live in the area.
04:43The press conference of the new manual of the Italian Association of Boxfactory
04:48for the packaging of wavy cardboard was held in the Chamber of Deputies.
04:53Wavy cardboard is an effective response to the growing European Union
04:58issues of packaging sustainability.
05:00Its characteristics in terms of recyclability and circularity
05:04already make it one of the packaging materials with the least environmental impact.
05:08The sector is facing the new challenges related to the design of packaging
05:13that are more easily recyclable, accessible
05:16and to reduce waste along the production chain.
05:19This manual is a work that comes from a research
05:24that our association has done in the sector
05:26and it aims to encourage the culture of the sector
05:30and to explain to all the interlocutors of our sector
05:33the peculiarities of our production.
05:36Our association represents the wavy cardboard transformation companies,
05:41the typical Italian PMI that operate throughout the national sector
05:46and today they have more than 350 companies and 5,000 members.
05:49The association, which represents a sector with a total turnover of more than 1.2 billion euros
05:56and which offers jobs to thousands of people throughout the national territory,
06:00continues to actively promote the concept of circular economy
06:03and the reduction of environmental impact.
06:06In Italy, more than 80% of the raw materials used for the production of cardboard
06:11come from recycled paper.
06:13Comieco's 29th annual report
06:15highlights a recycling rate of cell packaging
06:19of 92.3% in 2023,
06:22a level that far exceeds the objectives set by the EU for 2030.
06:26In addition, more than 90% of the virgin fibre used by the European paper industry
06:32comes from European forestry in expansion,
06:34of which more than 70% is FSC certified.
06:38This shows the importance of a responsible and sustainable industry
06:42in continuous growth.