{"id":22496,"date":"2025-08-06T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/?p=22496"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:36:57","slug":"microplastiche-nel-po-i-dati-della-ricerca-manta-river-project-2-e-limpegno-di-teamplast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/microplastiche-nel-po-i-dati-della-ricerca-manta-river-project-2-e-limpegno-di-teamplast\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics in the Po River: data from the Manta River Project 2 research and Teamplast&#039;s commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When talking about <\/span><b>environmental sustainability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and protection of the territory, for Teamplast it is not an abstract concept: our headquarters directly overlooks the <\/span><b>Po River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Bondeno di Ferrara. For us, the &quot;Great River&quot; is an integral part of our landscape, our history, and our corporate responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason we carefully follow the data of scientific projects such as the <\/span><b>Manta River Project 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which analyses the presence of <\/span><b>microplastics in the waters of the Po<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, monitoring its impact and possible sources of origin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What scientific research has found<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Manta River Project 2, coordinated by ARPAE Emilia-Romagna, Sapienza University of Rome and the Po River Basin Authority, examined for a whole year (2022\u20132023) six river stations, including <\/span><b>Pontelagoscuro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a few kilometers from Teamplast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key findings:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concentrations of microplastics vary from <\/span><b>0.5 to 4.2 particles per m\u00b3<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fragments represent the <\/span><b>56%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed by foam (24%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.machinemfg.com\/it\/polypropylene-vs-polyethylene-material-differences-and-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polymers<\/a> most detected are <\/span><b>PE (polyethylene)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>PP (polypropylene)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And <\/span><b>EPS (expanded polystyrene)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular color is white (57%), followed by black and other shades<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presence of <\/span><b>industrial pellets are limited (7%)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a positive fact which confirms that many companies are already adopting measures to <\/span><b>contain the dispersion of plastic into the environment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Teamplast&#039;s role: producing responsibly, communicating transparently<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study confirms an important message:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>The problem is not the plastic itself, but how it is managed, disposed of and recovered.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As producers of <\/span><b>flexible packaging in LDPE and HDPE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, totally recyclable materials, we feel the duty to contribute to the <\/span><b>correct information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on real environmental data, based on scientific studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Our concrete commitment to the environment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Responsible production<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We reduce waste and prevent accidental dispersion of raw materials<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>100% recyclable<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All our packaging is designed for post-use recovery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Collaboration with sustainable partners<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We promote a supply chain that is attentive to the territory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Environmental education<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support educational initiatives and content, in line with the most authoritative studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We live near the Po River. And for this very reason, we believe that businesses must also do their part in protecting our natural heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Information and responsibility first and foremost<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our blog wants to be <\/span><b>a space for knowledge, transparency and a technical approach to environmental issues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will continue to carefully monitor the evolution of research on <\/span><b>microplastics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to promote correct and conscious use of plastic materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because for us sustainability is not a fad, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it&#039;s a daily commitment.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quando si parla di sostenibilit\u00e0 ambientale e tutela del territorio, per Teamplast non si tratta di un concetto astratto: la nostra sede si affaccia direttamente sul fiume Po, a Bondeno&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22498,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22496\/revisions\/22498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamplast-srl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}