Two new special “smoking areas” have been installed in Diamante: a concrete action to raise awareness about the correct disposal of cigarette butts, helping, with simple and responsible gestures, to keep the streets of the city clean. Shared choices that renew the partnership of the Municipality of Diamante with the “Plastic Free onlus” Association, for the protection of the territory for future generations. The local authority, led by the Mayor Achille Ordine, has in fact prepared, with the DGC n. 316 of 03/11/2025, the identification and establishment of two new “smoking areas”: one is on the southern “Paolo De Luna” seafront, the other near the parking lot of the railway station in Via Giovanni Verga. They are added to those already present on the northern seafront in Viale Glauco and in Via V. Veneto in the village of Cirella, approved the previous year with DGC n. 249 of 06/12/2024.
In the same deliberative act, the Council, to raise awareness of greater attention to cigarette smoking in areas frequented by children and families, has arranged to establish and identify as “no smoking areas”, affected by minors, the following municipal playgrounds: Villa Comunale Sandro Pertini in Via Gianpaolo Parisio, Playground in Piazza Giovanni Paolo II and the Playground in Via Giulio Cesare, where they will soon be equipped with special signs containing the words “No Smoking Area”.
«The establishment of these other smoking areas is part of the active process of promoting active citizenship actions for environmental protection – explains the Councilor for Institutional Activities, Francesco Bartalotta. It is a new step aimed at raising awareness in the community, as recalled in the principles of the “Plastic Free Onlus” Association, also regulating smoking in areas highly frequented by children and, therefore, providing positive educational examples by adults on healthy lifestyles. We will continue on this path for the well-being of the entire community and environmental protection. In fact, in the next year, other cigarette butt bins will be installed in the municipal area”, concludes Councilor Bartalotta.