2. Waste Disposal:
the situation today

3. 1 Baku Azerbaijan
2 Dhaka Bangladesh
3 Antananarivo Madagascar
4 Port au Prince Haiti
5 Mexico City Mexico
6 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
7 Mumbai India 16 Bamako Mali
8 Baghdad Iraq 17 Pointe Noire Congo
9 Almaty Kazakhstan 18 Lome Togo
10 Brazzaville Congo 19 Conakry Guinea
Republic
11 Ndjamena Chad
20 Nouakchott Mauritania
12 Dar es Salaam Tanzania
21 Niamey Niger
13 Bangui Central
African 22 Luanda Angola
Republic 23 Maputo Mozambique
14 Moscow Russia 24 New Delhi India
15 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 25 Port Harcourt Nigeria

4. Why we have to fear.
Why we need to rise up.
It has already happened that the inability to manage the disposal of waste
materials have thrown a whole city in panic. In January 2011 the UNEP released
a publication on this topic (Disaster Waste Management Guidelines) as further
proof that the danger is real. It can happen again at any moment.
Is not a coincident that I
chose this disaster: in
2007 my city, Naples in
Italy, was submerged by
waste. There was a
national alert for
epidemics and sometimes
we return to fear.

5. What can we do? #1

6. What we can do? #2
I’ve talked about very inventive projects, anyhow all these have a f law:
these projects are aimed at the reforestation of cities and the
increase in the production of oxygen, but don’ t care about the
education of citizens !
My project concern the prevention of this disaster and is focused
just on the education of citizens. The idea is innovative because
the objective isn’ t to create new green spaces, but to bring the
green into people’s homes.
Have plants at home, heal and understand them, will allow people
to think in a more green way and this will cer tainly have ef fects
also on the waste crisis: every citizen will be more aware and
careful to the environment and the city where he/she lives.
Th e p ro j e c t c o u l d b e ap p l i e d eve r y w h e re, bu t i n t h e n ex t s l i d e I ’ l l d raw o n
d at a f ro m m y h o m e t o wn , N ap l e s i n I t a l y, t o g i ve a re a l fa c e t o t h e p ro j e ct .

7. My plan is to gift trees to citizens. As a guide, an orange tree of 1 m tall costs 7
euros and produce 0,05 kg oxygen per day. In Naples there are 373846 families,
and so the total investment amounts of 2616922 euros for a production of
18692,3 kg oxygen per day.
It may seems a very big expense, but at the same time is a small and
sustainable amount for a municipality or a local administration.

8. The solution
The project is structured in this way: the City of Naples, or any other city in
the world, should buy a tree for every resident family and give it to them. I
thought about orange trees (citrus x sinensis) because: 1) they are closer to
the Mediterranean culture; 2) if treated in the right way, they produce fruits
that you can eat; 3) are colorful and so shall bring happiness.
At the same time will be created a non-invasive monitoring system and
environmental education activities to guide families and track their degree of
satisfaction.
In this way, with low costs, every city could achieve excellent and long
lasting results. I think it is a realistic and easily achievable project.
The only variable in this project is the willingness of people, but I would hope
in common sense and intelligence of people!

9. The results
First of all, this project can ensure an increase in production of
oxygen, indeed every orange tree produce 18,25 kg oxygen per
year (for a total of 6822689,5 kg oxygen per year).
Moreover the project approaches families to nature and leads
people to think in a more green way. People will be able to
understand the benefits of nature.
All citizens, knowing the benefits of nature and seeing their city
at risk, will take care of their production of waste in a
conscious way (preferably by recycling) and will also expect by
the local administration the protection of nature and best
practices in waste disposal. So we would get a double-check
and the best solution for the nature!