During the opening night of the 35th edition of Festambiente, municipalities in the province of Grosseto received the Sails from Legambiente and Touring Club Italiano.

As every year, Legambiente’s goal was to reward bathing waters, the effectiveness of separate waste collection, good management of water resources, but also the efficiency of services, the enhancement of the landscape and local productions. Unlike Blue Flags, Sails take into account the overall quality of a resort’s tourism offerings, signaling the commitment of different administrations to environmental protection and sustainable development.

Receiving the 4 Blue Sails won by the City of Grosseto was Environment Councillor Erika Vanelli.

“I am grateful for this recognition that represents an important calling card for all potential tourists who choose to take their vacations on our coasts,” commented the alderman. “We have done and are doing a lot for our sea, our coast and our territory. Never before has the focus on the coastline been as high as this year, with the promotion of beach cleaning initiatives and the dune and retro dune system. We have also focused a lot on services, from waste management to sustainable mobility, and we will continue to strive for more and more positive results.”

Also satisfied was Grosseto Mayor Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna.

“Our municipality is constantly working to promote sustainable development of the territory and our coast,” he said, “We will work on actions and paths of sustainability, awareness of good practices and environmental policies that will allow us to achieve more and more concrete results and raise the bar in terms of the environment.”