Our
association

From 2019, we are in action to fight plastic pollution by raising awareness among as many people as possible.

We are a non-partisan, apolitical, independent, non-profit volunteer organisation committed to concrete projects and battles to protect the planet from plastic pollution.

Our mission

We promote concrete projects with the objective of raising awareness.
From environmental clean-ups to appointments in schools, from saving sea turtles to dialogue with institutions, from battles against balloon flights to combating cigarette butt abandonment, from protecting rivers to promoting eco-sustainable events.

By 2030, our mission is to reduce the use of plastics, in particular single-use plastics, by raising awareness among 1 billion people worldwide.
We will achieve this and we will do it through active partnerships in the various territories by involving volunteer citizens, companies, media, organisations and institutions without any limits.

Statute

Regulation

High Council

Luca De Gaetano

Fondatore e Presidente

Rosa Reale

Co-fondatrice e Vicepresidente

Lorenzo Zitignani

Direttore Generale

Emanuele Pirrera

Regione Lazio

Fabio Pipitone

Regione Sicilia

Luigi Schifano

Regione Puglia e Basilicata

Matteo Bignardi

Regione Lombardia

Thomas Santoro

Regione Sardegna

Giulia Zaccaro

Regione Piemonte

Alberto Fio

Regione Calabria

Angelica Pantarelli

Regione Emilia-Romagna

Rosalba D'aiello

Regione Trentino-Alto Adige

Riccardo Mancin

Coordinatore Nazionale Referenti

Luca Di Carlantonio

Regione Abruzzo

Giuseppe Fabbiano

Regione Molise

Giuseppe Fabbiano

Regione Molise

Claudio Canepa

Regione Liguria

Paolo Monesi

Coordinatore Nazionale Comuni

Leonardo Puliti

Regione Marche e Umbria

Roberto Marrazzo

Regione Veneto

Scientific Board

Prof. Ennio Tasciotti, Phd

Scientific Board Director

Founder & Director, Human Longevity Program, IRCCS San Raffaele, Roma. Full Professor, Department of Human Sciences & Quality of Life, San Raffaele University, Roma.

Prof. Luisa De Cola

Founder & Director, Materials for Health Unit, Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milano. Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Milan.

Prof. Dario Greco, Phd

Director, Finnish Hub for Development and Validation of Integrated Approaches (FHAIVE). Full Professor of Toxicology, Tampere University & University of Helsinki.

Prof. Paolo Galli, Phd

Full Professor of Ecology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), Milano Bicocca University. Founder & Director Marine Research and Higher Education Center (MaRHE Center), Maldive.

Prof. Massimo Labra, Phd

Full Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milan-Bicocca. Founder & Director, Bicocca Center of Science and Technology for Food (BEST4FOOD), University of Milan-Bicocca.

Prof. Matteo Russo, Md Phd

President & Founder, Medical and Experimental Bioimaging Center (MEBIC), Rome. Full Professor Human Pathology, La Sapienza University, Rome.

Prof. Hellas Cena, Md Phd

Pro-Rector of the Third Mission at University of Pavia. Head Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine and of the Clinical Nutrition Unit at ICS Maugeri I.R.C.C.S., Pavia. Scientific Council of CREA, Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Mipaaf).

Prof. Antonio Ragusa, Md

Director/Head of obstetrics and Gynecology Unit at the Maggiore Hospital, Bologna. Senior Researcher, Institute on Atmospheric Pollution (CNR), Roma.

See list of Ambassadors

3,817,998 Kg

of plastic and waste
removed from the environment

6,179

Cleanup appointments
put in place

194

Sea turtles
rescued

3,068

accompanied
at birth

230,715

Sensitized students

2,867

Appointments in schools

Our vision

A world in which we will no longer see plastic ending up in the environment due to mismanagement or incivility.
A world in which awareness of the damage that plastic pollution can do will lead to more sustainable choices.
A world in which everyone will cherish the planet, recognising it as their home.
A world in which mindlessness will no longer exist and people like us will no longer have to be labelled as environmentalists.

Our thinking

We speak out against the abuse of plastic and the pollution produced by its frenetic use. We think that the real problem lies in the relationship between man and plastic, a failure. Recycling is not enough because not all plastic is recyclable and not all plastic is recycled. The only real solution is to reduce production, as soon as possible.

We are aware that, as of today, a world without plastic is utopia. We are aware that in some areas, such as the medical sector, there are still no viable alternatives. Our actions and our daily battles want to speed up this great ecological transition by engaging in an intelligent dialogue with all the actors that are part of the system.