WASTEMOB2018

The WASTE MOB competition to raise awareness on littering is back. A clean-up event along the Po River organized by City of Turin, University of Turin, Politecnico, CUS Torino and Amiat Gruppo Iren

This year, during the “Festival of sustainable development” and the initiative “Let’s clean up Europe”, Città di Torino, Università, Politecnico, CUS Torino e Amiat Gruppo Iren will team up to make the embankment of the Po River more beautiful and safe, starting from Piazza Vittorio Veneto. In fact, the embankment is one of the most important  areas of Turin’s landscape;

Where and when?

May 27, 2018

Meet-up in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in the area between Lungo Po Armando Diaz and via Alfonso Bonafus, at 2.00 PM.

Ends at 5.30 PM.

Last year, 150 participants collected 140 kg of waste in 5 kms. This year, we hope to exceed the number of 500 participants. Everyone is free to register: you can participate in a team as well as individually, by registering on the website www.letscleanuptorino.it (minors must be accompanied by a parent). Each participant will receive a welcome kit with a t-shirt and bags for the clean-up.

Program:

2.00 PM: Meet-up in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in the area between Lungo Po Armando Diaz e via Alfonso Bonafus. Distribution of t-shirts and bags

2.30 PM: Start of the competition

5 PM: Arrival in Piazza Vittorio Veneto

5.30 PM: Final speech by authorities

Chiara Appendino, Mayor of the City of Turin

Riccardo D’Elicio, CUS Torino

Guido Saracco, Dean of the Politecnico di Torino

Egidio Dansero, Green Office Unito – Representative of the Dean of Sustainability

Patrizia Lombardi, Green Team Polito – Dean representative

Christian Aimaro, President of Amiat Gruppo Iren