Promote the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy creating a sustainable model from WEEE, preventing e-waste from polluting MED water. Interreg Euro-Med eWAsTER

According to the EC e-waste monitoring 2020, electrical and electronic waste is growing three times faster than the average waste stream. In 2019, EC Decision 2019/2193 established a minimum collection rate of 65 % of all e-waste placed on the market in the preceding 3 years.

E-waste expose a high environmental risk for MED, affecting water sources aquifers and sea water. eWaster doesn’t present e-waste as a source of environmental damage, but an opportunity to create INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY through the valorisation of this waste.

EWaster aims to promote local and regional policies for better e-waste management, to reduce ewaste environmental damage in the selected areas, while promoting new innovative eco-business models based on the conversion of the currently lineal electrical and electronic (E&E) sector into a sustainable circular model.

Session Chairs

Massimo Sbriscia, Marche Region (Italy)

Program

16.30 Welcome and Introduction 
Massimo Sbriscia, Head of Energy sources, waste and quarries and mines Sector, Marche Region (Italy)
Lorenzo Federiconi, Project Manager, Marche Region (Italy)

16.40 The INTERREG EURO-MED Programme 2021/27
Guillaume Javourez, Interreg Euro-MED Joint Secretariat

16.50 EU, National and Regional Weee legal and technical framework
Matteo Giantomassi, Associated Partner, Assemblea Territoriale d’Ambito ATO2 - Ancona (Italy)

17.00 Interreg Euro-Med eWAsTER: Preventing e-waste from polluting MED water by turning waste into a resource: Highlights on the Main Outputs
Marin Zver, Environmental Research Institute ORZ (SI)

17.10 The 3 EWASTER Pilot Actions

WEEE RE-USE 
Alisa Gekic, Director, Association LINK - Entrepreneurial Center (BH)
Majda Penava, Senior Project Associate, Association LINK - Entrepreneurial Center (BH)

WEEE PROCURE
Martina Perugini, HORT technical Assistance Marche Region (Italy)

WEEE BEHAVE
Enrico Anghileri, Technical Assistance Union of the Municipalities Pian del Bruscolo UCPB (Italy)

17.40 Discussion and final remarks