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)
Lorenzo Federiconi, Marche Region (Italy)

Program

14.00 Welcome and Introduction 
Massimo Sbriscia, Head of Energy sources, waste and quarries and mines Sector, Marche Region (Italy)

14.10 EU Weee legal and technical framework
Marin Zver, Environmental Research Institute ORZ (Slovenia) (TBC)

14.20 Interreg Euro-Med eWAsTER: Preventing e-waste from polluting MED water by
turning waste into a resource: Highlights on the Main Outputs: AP, Survey, Methodologv
Ricardo Sobral, Alentejo Science and Technology Park, PACT (Portugal)
Polina Antonova, Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities, UBBSLA (Bulgaria) 
Veronica Luna, Fundingeu (Spain) (TBC)

14.40 The 3 Pilot Actions WEEE RE-USE -0WEEE PROCURE - WEEE BEHAVE 
Ricardo Sobral, Alentejo Science and Technology Park - PACT (Portugal)
Ana Krmek, Municipality of Neum (Bosnia ed Erzegovina)
Francisco Zurita Escobar, Provincial Waste Consortium of Malaga RSU Málaga (Spain) (TBC)

15.20 Discussion and Final remarks
Massimo Sbriscia, Head of Energy sources, waste and quarries and mines Sector, Marche Region (Italy)