The world's first plastic-free
skiing area has been created in Italy, sources said Thursday.
Plastic dishes, cups, single-use straws and bottles will be
banned in the Val di Pejo north of Trento from the start of the
winter skiing season, they said.
The initiative was launched after a study by two Milan
universities, the Statale and the Bicocca, found the equivalent
of all the plastic particles in Europe's seas in a local
glacier.
The study found between 131 million and 162 million particles
of plastic in the Forni Glacier.
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