The CO2 and greenhouse gas reduction program, according to the Kyoto Protocol, has been transposed through the EC/2003/87 Directive (Emission Trading Scheme or EU ETS), in Italy by the ex-Legislative Decree 216/2006 and subsequently, the key principles for the calculation of CO2 emissions were set out in EU Decision 2007/589/EC as follows: Completeness: Complete and comprehensive…
How much is the paradox of the Tin soil contamination in Italy?
After 12 months after the publication of the Tin Paradox article, as has happened not happened in 13 years: the Italian State has corrected the error ! Tin soil contamination: the anomaly is the limit of 1 mg/kg of the thirteenth parameter of the Table 1A, Attachment.5, part IV of the Legislative Decree 152/2006 (grounds…
Emergency Safety Measures
In 2011, a company that operates in the field of industrial coatings and resins receives the measure that includes ” activation no later than 10 days from the date of receipt of this notice of appropriate safety measures put in through the pumping of groundwater and the subsequent treatment / disposal , in order to…
Will article 41 Decree 63/2013 stop the useless remediation?
Article 243 of Legislative Decree 152/2006 and amends, has been replaced by the following Article 243: <<” (Management of pumped groundwater) 1) In cases where the contaminated groundwater represent a situation of health risk, in addition to elimination the contamination source, for contamination diffusion mitigation measures must be taken in accordance with the general aims…
Workshop Ecosurvey Remtech 2013
On September 18, 2013 Remtech in Ferrara will host the Ecosurvey workshop “European funding applied to the remediation/protection of the underground: on-going experience with Eco-innovation and future applications with Horizon 2020”. Numerous companies operating in the environmental field interested in European research projects as part of the Horizon 2020 program will attend. Invitees: Dr. Anita…
Zero impact web
Welcome, www.ecosurvey.it has joined the project Zero Impact Web life gate ! Internet polluter, despite having already done a lot to reduce CO2 emissions. According to this report with the current growth rate, in 2020, data centers and telecommunication networks will consume about 2,000 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, more than triple of their current consumption levels.…
Italian contribution to Horizon 2020
The Workshop on the Italian contribution to Horizon 2020 Industrial leadership occurred at SMAU fair in Bologna At the workshop the priority objectives of Horizon 2020 were introduced with a focus on research and its economic and social application to industrial competitiveness, emphasizing the importance for SMEs to develop standard and applied research to new…
Assolombarda convention
Ecosurvey® participates in the Assolombarda workshop. Friday 7 june 2013 Assolombarda, Room Falck, via Chiaravalle 8, Milano Remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites Procedural aspects, field trials and development opportunities. Aims and contents Contaminated sites are a topic of growing importance. Public and private entities have compared for several years. The workshop is an opportunity…
Half a million of environmental damage recognized to a Ecosurvey customer
The Court Technical Consultant, on behalf of the Judge President of the Third Section of the Civil Court of Bologna, recognized environmental damage in the amount of half a million Euro in favor of a Ecosurvey customer in the context of a land sale discovered contaminated after the purchase. The technical consultant has shared the conceptual…
ISPRA, procedural guideline “Excavated Material”
In accordance with art. 3 of Ministerial Decree 162/2012 ISPRA has published the specification for “Excavated Material”.