Many laws end up being disapplied for the mere fact that the implementing decrees have not been issued that allow Apply. One of these is Law No. 60 of 17 May 2022, the so-called SalvaMare law, which introduced provisions for the recovery of waste at sea and in inland waters, and for the promotion of the circular economy. Three years after his promulgation, some implementing decrees have not been issued, including to which - explained the Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of Mare, which represents the main associations of the cluster - the one relating to Article 2 which regulates the methods of managing accidentally fished waste and voluntarily collected at sea, which would make it possible to make effective a fundamental tool in the fight against pollution marine.

The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea recalled that In the last three years, it is estimated that over 6,000 people have been caught tons of waste, especially plastic, but also iron, metal, tires and glass, from trawlers' nets. Of the approximately 12 thousand fishing boats present in Italy, in fact, two thousand so-called trawling during fishing activities collect about a ton of waste per year that they cannot but deposit on the ground, if not at your own expense. The further The joke - the two organizations denounced - is that, as Provided for by Law 60/2022, Italian citizens from January 2024 pay the costs for waste management in the Tari bill accidentally caught or voluntarily harvested, without the service is carried out.

"One of the fundamental objectives of this law in Article 2 - underlined Rosalba Giugni, President of the Marevivo Foundation - was to promote the recovery of waste collected at sea to allow them to be properly disposed of, which Today it does not happen. The hope is that they will be issued as soon as possible soon the missing decrees, to establish criteria and procedures with which accidentally fished waste can be effectively recovered and recycled". According to Marevivo, a Another element of Law 60/2022 still to be addressed is the one relating to the general criteria for the regulation of plants desalination (art. 12), which would make it possible to transform salt water into fresh water, but which risk becoming a environmental impact, in the absence of a framework able to regulate them. In addition, SalvaMare remains other relevant issues, such as the regulation of aquaculture facilities (art. 13) and the proper management of beached plant biomass (art.5), think - noted the Foundation - to Posidonia that in some countries such as France is considered a heritage to be protected, while in Italy it is become waste to be disposed of.

"I will never forget - said Mario Mattioli, president of the Federation of the Sea - our enthusiasm when the SalvaMare law was approved by the Senate in May 2022. An enthusiasm that in these 36 months of waiting for the implementing decrees has been dying out. 'Re losing the precious opportunity to exploit a cutting-edge measure in the European context, which provides for Concrete actions to protect the sea from plastic, a real scourge of the marine ecosystem, only because the ministries have not yet issued the necessary implementing decrees. It is A very discouraging situation, in contradiction with the many statements in favour of protecting the oceans that we have heard a few weeks ago in Nice during the UNOC2025 Conference".