New Year's Eve: Costa, no to balloons and fireworks

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 29 - "In a few days this complicated and difficult year will end, which has placed us in front of challenging choices even in our daily life: the desire to defend is great, I imagine. But be careful, each of our behavior, each of ours action has effects on our planet. " The Environment Minister SergioCosta writes in a post on Facebook, warning that "a chain is turning that invites citizens to throw colored balloons into the air, although it may seem like a beautiful and praiseworthy initiative, I ask you NOT to do it. The balloons, once upon a time. in the air, they disappear from our view, the game ends but those balloons do not dissolve into nothing, they continue to fly, descend and end up in the environment or in the seas, becoming a death trap for many animals ". The same thing, continues the Minister of the Environment, "for fireworks, in addition to being banned in many cities, they are a huge source of pollution and can terrorize many animals, both in the air and on the ground. Let us realize that we humans do not exist only in this planet and we must have respect for everyone. We can celebrate and have fun anyway, I've been doing it for many years and we can all do it. " (HANDLE).