News and Communications

11 December 2014

PARIS: MAKING ART BY ALUMINIUM

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has created an installation in Paris’ Jardins des Tuileries composed of suspended metal cubes and plants, for the FIAC art fair. Commissioned by Parisian art gallery...

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21 November 2014

CONSORTIUM CIAL TWITTER CONTEST

The “Comune Partecipativo” [Participative Municipality] contest is promoted by Salone della CSR e dell’Innovazione Sociale di Milano and the CIAL Consortium. The goal of the initiative is to reward collaborative or participative...

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6 November 2014

RECYCLE OF ALUMINIUM COFFEE CAPSULES: RENEWED THE AGREEMENT

Ecomondo, Rimini. A 3 year agreement was signed today in the presence of the Undersecretary for the Environment, Barbara Degani, stipulating the following: Nespresso, CIAL (Aluminium Packaging Consortium), Federambiente and...

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29 May 2014

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) provides the best framework for assessing the potential environmental impacts of products. LCA deals with product systems which comprise the full life cycle of a product,...

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3 April 2014

RECYCLE OF ALUMINIUM COFFEE CAPSULES: ITALIAN RESULTS

Almost three years after the start of the Ecolaboration project, the results of the collection, recovery and recycling of aluminium Nespresso coffee capsules in Italy are very good. Currently in...

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20 March 2014

EUROPEAN CLEAN UP DAY 2014

Italy’s Environment Ministry is coordinating the country’s participation in the first ECUD (European Clean Up Day) and in the Let’s Clean up Europe campaign launched by the European Commission. The...

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19 March 2014

CIAL ALUMINIUM RECYCLING TEAM FOR THE DYNAMO CAMP

After the more than positive experience of 2013, CIAL will be back again at this year’s Dynamo Bike Challenge, a cycling competition held to raise funds for Dynamo Camp, Italy’s...

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25 February 2014

THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ASTANA PRO TEAM PROMOTE ALUMINIUM RECYCLING

The CIAL Consortium and the Astana Pro Team will continue to work together in 2014 with a series of initiatives promoting the environmental message of proper separate collection of aluminium...

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25 February 2014

RHOME, A HOME FOR ROME – SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

Students, researchers and instructors in three different departments at Roma TRE University (Architecture, Economics and Engineering) make up an all-Italian team which has already been active for a number of...

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16 February 2014

ITALY 2013: BEST ALUMINIUM PACKAGING COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

After looking at the results of aluminium packaging recycling and waste collection in Italy, CIAL (Italian Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Aluminium Packaging) drafted a special performance chart,...

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10 February 2014

OBIETTIVO ALLUMINIO – MOVIE EXPERIENCE 2014, SCHOOL CONTEST

CIAL – Italy’s National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Aluminium Packaging – has launched the seventh “Obiettivo Alluminio – Movie Experience” competition and scholarship programme in partnership with...

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