Project partners

Plastic No More involves numerous partners. It is led by the Zoological Research Institute "Anton Dohrn" of Naples, headed by Research Director and Professor Silvestro Greco. Slow Food International, the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, Polieco, Coripet, the Lipu and MareVivo associations are also important partners helping us reach this goal.

Steps taken to reduce product’s environmental impact

• Reduced weight of PET molds of various sizes starting from 2012 (to cut raw material consumption)
• Adopted a new "Evolution" glass bottle from 2013 with the following advantages: savings in raw materials, optimization of logistics. 

Circular Economy

• Working with Polieco to organize a food-related PET recycling chain
• Recycled PET, or R-PET, can be used to produce new bottles, since Italian law allows up to 50% of packaging in direct contact with food to come from recycled plastic.

Workplace sustainability improvement plan

In line with the recent European Parliament rules abolishing single-use plastic items, Olitalia aims to reduce the use of plastic mainly in finished product packaging. Moreover, within the company offices, disposable plastic materials such as glasses, plates, cutlery, and straws have been eliminated. Vending machines no longer offer plastic bottles, while hot drinks are served in paper cups with wooden stirrers. Olitalia has decided to further raise awareness among its more than 130 employees by distributing a 500 ml stainless steel water bottle to each person and installing several water dispensers inside Olitalia and Acetaia so they can refill them with room temperature, chilled or sparkling water. Furthermore, guidelines have been established to avoid energy and water waste, and improve recyclable waste collection. Food scraps are collected by a specialized company, for the purpose of reusing them for animal feed or for biodiesel production.