Smog: first level bans will come into force in Milan from Friday

Yesterday the sixth consecutive day of exceeding the daily limit for the level of Pm10, the most dangerous pollutant, was reached in Milan, Monza and Cremona, and the fifth day in Lodi and Mantua. anti-smog bans.

Given the national public transport strike called for tomorrow, as explained by the Region, only for this day the measures will be applied in the field of heating and for agricultural and zootechnical practices while they will not involve mobility.

In agriculture, which in this period may have caused exceedances more than other sources, the spreading of livestock manure is prohibited, except for direct injection or immediate burial. For heating, on the other hand, there is a ban on the use of woody biomass domestic heat generators – in the presence of an alternative heating system – with emissions lower than or equal to 3 stars.

With regard to traffic, the restrictions are activated in Municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants and in those adhering on a voluntary basis in bands 1 and 2.

In this case, cars of the class up to Euro 4 diesel equipped with a particulate filter cannot circulate from 8.30 to 18.30, in addition to those already subject to permanent limitations.

The restrictions are also active for vehicles that use Move-in (with the exclusion of commercial vehicles and Euro 5 vehicles which do not fall within the regional restrictions).

Source: Ansa

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