Partner
Organisation Name:
United Nastions Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Bonn, Brussels, Geneva, Nairobi, Osaka, Paris
Countries:
Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Switzerland
Date(s):
14.10.2023; 24.12.2023
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public Campaign - Internet news
Description: UNITAR developed datasets for the IEWD 2023 on invisible e-waste and will be jointly publishing with ITU, UNEP and the Carmignac Fondation the next Global E-waste Monitor 2023 to be launched on 24 Dec. 2023.
Partner
Organisation Name:
WEEE Forum
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2023
Activities:
Social media, Public Campaign - Internet news, News release, Business campaign Internet news, Business collection
Description: As the leader of the International E-Waste Day the WEEE Forum will organise a series of awareness raising activities, focussing on different audiences.
Below you can see some of the actions planned so far:
More details about these activities will be disclosed closer to the date.
Below you can see some of the actions planned so far:
- dedicated worldwide press campaign;
- vox-pop videos with consumers from different countries worldwide showing the most common misconception about e-waste;
- video including interviews of the different value chain representatives around the topic of invisible e-waste;
- series of infographics on the topic;
- short explanatory animation;
- social media campaign;
- e-waste collection it the offices;
- presentations at conferences and events;
- dedicated newsletter
- other awareness raising activities
More details about these activities will be disclosed closer to the date.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
Recupel
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
October 2019
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public collection, Public Campaign - Internet news, News release, Social media
Description: Recupel is in Belgium responsible for the collection and processing of discarded electrical appliances. In 2018, the NGO collected more than 117.000 tonnes of electro, or 10.3 kilos per inhabitant. This puts Recupel among the best in the world when it comes to collecting and recycling e-waste. Since 2001, Recupel has invested a lot of collection and awareness campaign towards the consumers. But companies also have a lot of old or broken electrical appliances stocked in their offices. To offer them an easy solution, Recupel will launch a new digital platform for their e-waste on 14 October. Additionally, Recupel will also launch a digital media and public relations campaign.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
Recupel
Organisation website:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2022
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: On International E-Waste Day Recupel and bpost (Belgian postal service) or launching a pilot where inhabitants of the selected municipalities can give their e-waste to the postman when he delivers a package at their doorstep.
Media used: press, door-to-door, social media.
Two weeks before International E-Waste Day we will communicate about our possession study and organize a stunt to put the hoarding in the picture (emphasis will be on all electro, not only small appliances). Media used: press & social media.
The stunt will kick off our awareness campaign on radio and television (emphasis on all electrical appliances and also on reuse).
And we will end the campaign wave with the announcement of the collaboration with bpost, offering a solution to people who are hoarding small electrical appliances.
Media used: press, door-to-door, social media.
Two weeks before International E-Waste Day we will communicate about our possession study and organize a stunt to put the hoarding in the picture (emphasis will be on all electro, not only small appliances). Media used: press & social media.
The stunt will kick off our awareness campaign on radio and television (emphasis on all electrical appliances and also on reuse).
And we will end the campaign wave with the announcement of the collaboration with bpost, offering a solution to people who are hoarding small electrical appliances.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
Recupel
Organisation website:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Social media
Description: To be determined
Organiser
Organisation Name:
Recupel
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
Week of 14 octobre
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Recupel will do an online campaign about invisible small electro and the importance to collect it for recycling and reuse. We will use social media and press as communication channels.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
Recupel
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14th October 2020
Activities:
tbc
Description: The details of the activity are being developed and will be added in due course.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
WEEE Forum
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2022
Activities:
Public Campaign - Internet news, Social media, News release, Business collection
Description: For the 5th time already, the WEEE Forum will coordinate the International E-Waste Day activities worldwide, focusing this year on small e-waste under the slogan "recycle it all, no matter how small!".
Various awareness raising activities are planned, including a press campaign, social media activities, infographics, animations, informational videos, but also releases of reports in collaboration with other organisations tackling the e-waste issue.
Various awareness raising activities are planned, including a press campaign, social media activities, infographics, animations, informational videos, but also releases of reports in collaboration with other organisations tackling the e-waste issue.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
WEEE Forum
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2019
Activities:
Social media, News release, Public Campaign - Social media
Description: The WEEE Forum oversees International E-Waste Day. In doing so we will coordinate all the International E-Waste Day activities organised by our members, partners, associates and external companies . In addition, we will run a social media campaign, send a dedicated edition of the Eye on WEEE, our newsletter, coordinate the press release and media involvement, and organise different types of communication activities. Where possible, we will get involved in the activities planned by our members that are local to our offices. After the International E-Waste Day we will gather feedback from all the participants and promote the results and the impact it had globally.
Organiser
Organisation Name:
WEEE Forum
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2021
Activities:
Workshop, News release, Social media, Business collection, Public Campaign - Internet news
Description: For this fourth edition of the International E-Waste Day the WEEE Forum plans, apart from coordinating the activities taking place worldwide, for a wide range of actions in view to promote the day and on the IEWD itself. We will reveal our plans soon!
Organiser
Organisation Name:
WEEE Forum
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Internet news, Social media, News release, Public Campaign - Social media, Business campaign -Social media
Description: The WEEE Forum will lead and coordinate the activities organised by the participants in different countries. But it will also run its own activities:
- a series of infographics;
- an animation including facts and figures about e-waste;
- a video with children explaining the e-waste issue;
- a report on Internet Waste prepared in partnership with ITU (to be released on 12 October) and followed by a webinar (on19 October). The objective of the webinar is to discuss the opportunities and challenges of end-of-life management of infrastructure equipment that enables connectivity. The webinar will bring together various manufacturing and recycling companies as well as service providers to elaborate on waste management of data centres, 5G and IoT. More info and registration: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Environment/Pages/Events/Internet-Waste-Dialogue.aspx
Associate
Organisation Name:
APPLiA
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Bruxelles
Country:
Belgium
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Social media, Video reportage
Description: APPLiA would like to create an informative reportage, in the format of a video, that aims to follow the life of an appliance since the moment it reaches its end of life and is ready to be disposed. While walking on the streets, indeed, it often happens to stumble upon abandoned appliances which will not reach a collection point and thus being recycled. Taking this evidence, together with some data on WEEE handling, as a starting point, APPLiA would like to conduct a vox-pop on the topic, leaving afterwards space to some interviews to experts while filming the process undertaken by an appliance once in a collection point. APPLiA will also contribute to the video shading light on the impact of lost e-waste for the environment and the home appliance industry. With the aim of raising people’s awareness on e-waste, the video will also show the correct steps that the appliance at its end of life should follow.
Associate
Organisation Name:
APPLiA
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
12-16 October 2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: APPLiA will run an awareness campaign to support e-waste proper collection and recycling throughout Europe via its social channels. During the week of 11th October, APPLiA will be promoting best practices and new figures on the state of home appliance recycling in Europe. Via various communication tools, the Association will be sharing data and involve the public in the campaign.
Associate
Organisation Name:
APPLiA - Home Appliance Europe
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Bruxelles
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
Week 9 - 14 October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: APPLiA will run a social media campaign across its channels to raise awareness about the risks associated with the growing amounts of e-waste hoarded in the homes of millions of Europeans and the opportunities of recycling. In line with this year's theme, the focus will be on all those small appliances that are often overlooked and are not seen as traditional waste - think of your old toaster or toothbrush.
Associate
Organisation Name:
APPLiA - Home Appliance Europe
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Bruxelles
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
12-19/10/2022
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, News release
Description: With electronic waste containing a mixture of harmful substances and precious materials, ensuring they are properly collected, treated and recycled is of utmost importance to preserve our health and the environment. But, what happens once our appliances are taken to the collection center? After many years of loyal service helping families around the home, how does their daily life at the retirement home a.k.a. collection center, look like? How does the magic happen?
A short series of explanatory videos, accompanied by more traditional information materials, will guide consumers through the journey of our home buddies, once they have reached their end-of-life, with an eye to shed light on core issues like the scarcity of critical raw materials and the effects of consumer behavior on global warming and health risks.
A short series of explanatory videos, accompanied by more traditional information materials, will guide consumers through the journey of our home buddies, once they have reached their end-of-life, with an eye to shed light on core issues like the scarcity of critical raw materials and the effects of consumer behavior on global warming and health risks.
Associate
Organisation Name:
APPLiA Europe
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
From Monday 11 October to Friday 15 October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: APPLiA would like to create a short series of cartoon-style videos, depicting a real-life scenario where consumers are faced with information gaps and do not know how to properly discard their appliances when they reach their end-of-life. The short series would act as an educational tool to guide consumers through the right path when it comes to discarding and recycling their devices, and raise awareness on the rising e-waste issue. The social media campaign would also build up to a ‘special edition’ of APPLiA’s digital interviews, featuring Recupel’s CEO, on the impacts of e-waste on the environment and the key role played by consumers with this regard. All materials will be shared via the APPLiA social media channels and digital outlets.
Associate
Organisation Name:
DIGITALEUROPE
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
October
Activities:
Social media, News release
Description: Communications support & amplifying IEWD activities
Associate
Organisation Name:
DIGITALEUROPE
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Social media
Description: Social media dissemination of IEWD messages and activities
Associate
Organisation Name:
EucoLight
Organisation website:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
Working week from 09 to 13 October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description:
- What the activity will be? Social media campaign in the spirit of posts already published on social media (e.g., power-operated household tools or toys), but relating to lamps that are often overlooked by consumers to be brought back to collection points for recycling e.g., bicycle lamps or Christmas lights.
- Why? Create awareness on lamps that are not always identified as recyclable.
- Who will be involved? EucoLight secretariat to prepare the social media posts, to be relayed by the members.
Associate
Organisation Name:
EucoLight
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2019
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: EucoLight will deliver a short video address to be broadcasted on the International E-Waste Day
Associate
Organisation Name:
EuRIC
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: EuRIC will prepare a short video of its leading WEEE WG experts including Tess Pozzi, Kai Kramer, Tom Caris, Florian Werthmann and Howard Bluck* and EuRIC Secretary General, Emmanuel Katrakis explaining the current state of play and future prospects of WEEE management. The video will be accompanied with a snappy animation of eye opening facts to raise awareness among our online followers and professionals alike.
*Participants TBC until end of August
*Participants TBC until end of August
Associate
Organisation Name:
EuRIC
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14.10.2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: During the International E-Waste Day, we will promote a number of posts and publications to promote e-waste recycling.
Associate
Organisation Name:
EuRIC - The European Recycling Industries' Confederation
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
Monday, October 9 to Saturday, October 14 2023
Activities:
Social media, Public Campaign - Social media, Business campaign -Social media
Description: 🔍 5 Polls on WEEE Disposal: Engage with our 5 polls to understand public perspectives and knowledge on WEEE disposal practices. Your opinions matter!
💡 3 Did You Know? Posts: Stay tuned for intriguing 'Did You Know?' posts highlighting important facts about WEEE disposal and its environmental impact. Knowledge is power!
🌏 1 EuRIC's Stand in a Nutshell: We'll share a concise post outlining EuRIC's position on WEEE, providing insight into our advocacy for responsible e-waste management.
♻️ 1 International E-Waste Day Awareness: On International E-Waste Day, we'll emphasise the significance of proper e-waste management, raising awareness about often overlooked e-waste scrap.
💡 3 Did You Know? Posts: Stay tuned for intriguing 'Did You Know?' posts highlighting important facts about WEEE disposal and its environmental impact. Knowledge is power!
🌏 1 EuRIC's Stand in a Nutshell: We'll share a concise post outlining EuRIC's position on WEEE, providing insight into our advocacy for responsible e-waste management.
♻️ 1 International E-Waste Day Awareness: On International E-Waste Day, we'll emphasise the significance of proper e-waste management, raising awareness about often overlooked e-waste scrap.
Associate
Organisation Name:
Eurometaux
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2022 and day-to-day work
Activities:
Social media
Description: Eurometaux, representing the EU metal producers, transformers and high-quality recyclers, contributes to the International E-Waste Day by disseminating messages about the importance of the e-waste & their contribution to secure the EU strategic autonomy.
Besides, in our daily work, we advocate towards the EU policy makers to lower the burden of waste shipments and introduce standards for e-waste recycling e.g. by making EN50625 standard and technical specifications mandatory under the WEEE Directive. We also call for reducing illegal exports and increasing controls at the intra- and extra-EU borders.
Besides, in our daily work, we advocate towards the EU policy makers to lower the burden of waste shipments and introduce standards for e-waste recycling e.g. by making EN50625 standard and technical specifications mandatory under the WEEE Directive. We also call for reducing illegal exports and increasing controls at the intra- and extra-EU borders.
Associate
Organisation Name:
Eurometaux
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Activities:
Public Campaign - Internet news
Description: Eurometaux representing the European metals producers and high-quality recyclers is happy to join the International E-Waste day and share a video message. We want to call for two types of actions. Firstly, towards European citizens to properly dispose all waste electronic waste in the dedicated collection points and secondly towards national and European authorities to create framework conditions for high-quality recyclers for safe and efficient material recovery.
Associate
Organisation Name:
Eurometaux
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2021 and in day-to-day work
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Social media
Description: Eurometaux, representing the EU metal producers, transformers and high-quality recyclers, will contribute to the International E-Waste Day by disseminating messages about the importance of the e-waste & their contribution to secure the EU strategic autonomy. In addition to that, in our daily work, we call policy-makers for lowering the burden of waste shipments, introducing minimum standards for e-waste recycling, reducing illegal exports and increasing controls at the intra- and extra-EU borders.
Associate
Organisation Name:
European Electronics Recyclers Association
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Hapert
Countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Date(s):
July - October
Activities:
Members Photo Competition
Description: EERA are holding a competition for Members to collect and share photographs from Members with the topic “Unusual Small E-WASTE discoveries”
Between now and the 6th September we have asked Members to take a look around their facilities, or local municipal collection sites or locality etc. to find good examples of old / unusual small WEEE.
The entries will be considered by the Board and the winners announced at our Members Meeting on 4th Oct. and the winning photos shared on our Social Media on the 14th Oct to celebrate the Int. E-WASTE event.
Our Members operate over 800 E-WASTE re-use and treatment facilities in twenty-two countries across the continent of Europe.
Between now and the 6th September we have asked Members to take a look around their facilities, or local municipal collection sites or locality etc. to find good examples of old / unusual small WEEE.
The entries will be considered by the Board and the winners announced at our Members Meeting on 4th Oct. and the winning photos shared on our Social Media on the 14th Oct to celebrate the Int. E-WASTE event.
Our Members operate over 800 E-WASTE re-use and treatment facilities in twenty-two countries across the continent of Europe.
Associate
Organisation Name:
European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC)
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Activities:
News release, Social media
Description: EuRIC will participate in the International E-Waste Day by recording a video message explaining the issues related to the recycling of e-waste.
EuRIC’s commitment is to represent the interests of the European recycling industries. Our primary missions are:
EuRIC’s commitment is to represent the interests of the European recycling industries. Our primary missions are:
- to act as the trusted interface between the industry and the European Union;
- to bridge local industry needs with the EU decision-making bodies;
- to serve as a platform for information, cooperation and exchange of best practices on all European recycling matters;
- to provide the needed expertise to authorities, by taking advantage of the long-term experience of its members in recycling activities;
- to foster an open, constructive, fact based dialogue with all the stakeholders across the value chain.
- to promote the economic, environmental and societal benefits of recycling;
Associate
Organisation Name:
Orgalim
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 of October
Activities:
Public collection
Description: On our compromise to improve the circularity of electronic equipment, Orgalim team will organise a collection of E-waste in our office in Brussels, where our colleagues will contribute by bringing their domestic electronic devices at the end of their life, so that they can be properly recycled.
Associate
Organisation Name:
Orgalim
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2019
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Orgalim special e-waste day: Orgalim takes the occasion of IEWD to organise a special e-waste collection day to help raise awareness. The Orgalim team collects all the end of life appliances that have been arising over recent times in our office and homes and we will hand them over to Recupel, the Belgium waste management scheme.
Why does it matter? Our climate is changing. The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that the next 10 years are critical to get us on track with the Paris goal. We can still win the race and the efficient, sustainable use of resources throughout the economy will contribute. Each of us can contribute in this mission and each of us has a role to play to get there. Therefore, Orgalim takes its e-waste to a collection point - take your e-waste to a collection point, too!
Why does it matter? Our climate is changing. The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that the next 10 years are critical to get us on track with the Paris goal. We can still win the race and the efficient, sustainable use of resources throughout the economy will contribute. Each of us can contribute in this mission and each of us has a role to play to get there. Therefore, Orgalim takes its e-waste to a collection point - take your e-waste to a collection point, too!
Associate
Organisation Name:
Orgalim, Europe's Technology Industries
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
From 27 September to 14 October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Business collection
Description: Orgalim, Europe’s Technology Industries, will gladly participate in International E-Waste Day 2021. We will organise a collection point in our offices in Brussels for our colleagues to bring and dispose of their electrical waste from 27 September until 13 October. On 14 October, we will bring all of this collected e-waste from our Orgalim colleagues down to RECUPEL, the Belgian waste management scheme. Over the next weeks leading up to the event, we will promote the action on our website with two articles highlighting the importance of the initiative and Orgalim’s participation. We will also post on our social media channels with the hashtag #ewasteday.
Participant
Organisation Name:
BluePoint Brussels
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
From Monday 9/10 to Friday 13/10 (included)
Activities:
Business collection, Social media
Description: BluePoint Meet.Work.Tech. has been committed to environmental protection for many years. In 2013, the Brussels site was awarded the international "Green Key" label as an environmentally-friendly player in the event industry.
BluePoint also takes part in the annual collection of electronic waste organized by the WEEE forum and supported by Recupel, two BluePoint Brussels tenants. During the week of the event, BluePoint Brussels tenants can store their e-waste and take part in this collective effort.
Thanks to all these actions, and to the posters displayed in strategic locations, BluePoint is able to raise its customers' awareness of their water and energy consumption, and of waste sorting.
BluePoint also takes part in the annual collection of electronic waste organized by the WEEE forum and supported by Recupel, two BluePoint Brussels tenants. During the week of the event, BluePoint Brussels tenants can store their e-waste and take part in this collective effort.
Thanks to all these actions, and to the posters displayed in strategic locations, BluePoint is able to raise its customers' awareness of their water and energy consumption, and of waste sorting.
Participant
Organisation Name:
BluePoint Meet. Work. Tech.
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14th to 25th October
Activities:
Business collection, Public Campaign - Internet news, Public Campaign - Social media, Business campaign Internet news, Business campaign -Social media, Public collection, Social media
Description: The business & conference centres BluePoint Meet.Work.Tech. will support the International E-Waste Day in cooperation with Recupel by collecting small e-waste (mobile, smartphones, usb devices, sim cards, laptops,…) in their buildings located in Brussels, Antwerp and Liege.
Having already earned a Green Key label for its efforts in terms of sustainability, BluePoint will launch an electronic information campaign towards its tenants and clients of the conference centres inviting them to participate.
Having already earned a Green Key label for its efforts in terms of sustainability, BluePoint will launch an electronic information campaign towards its tenants and clients of the conference centres inviting them to participate.
Participant
Organisation Name:
BluePoint Meet.Work.Tech.
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels, Antwerp, Liège
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
E-waste collection week from October 10th to 14th 2022
Activities:
Social media, News release
Description: BluePoint Meet.Work.Tech. are surprising venues for meetings, events and office rentals. Our business & conference centres can be found in Antwerp, Brussels and Liège.
Sustainability plays an important role in the values of our company. Our efforts in this area have also been rewarded with the international "Green Key" quality label.
We are proud to contribute to this worldwide action by informing our local communities and customers and inviting them all to help us and make this E-Waste Day a great success!
We will do it with the help of the following actions:
Sustainability plays an important role in the values of our company. Our efforts in this area have also been rewarded with the international "Green Key" quality label.
We are proud to contribute to this worldwide action by informing our local communities and customers and inviting them all to help us and make this E-Waste Day a great success!
We will do it with the help of the following actions:
- Poster in the elevators of BluePoint Antwerp, Brussels, Liège
- E-news to all the tenants
- Newsletter to our entire database
- Regular social media posts on our channels to promote the action
- In each venue Recupel provides additional collection bins from 10-14 October.
Participant
Organisation Name:
BluePoint Venues
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Antwerp, Brussels, Liège
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
11 - 15 October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description:
- Newsletter to BluePoint database
- Posters in the 3 BluePoint venues to promote the recycling points
- Social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter
- Recycling point in 3 BluePoint Venues
Participant
Organisation Name:
BluePoint Venues
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
12/10/20 until 18/10/20
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public Campaign - Internet news, Business campaign Internet news, Business campaign -Social media, Public collection, Social media
Description: The business & conference centres BluePoint Meet.Work.Tech. will support the International E-Waste Day in cooperation with Recupel by collecting small e-waste (mobile, smartphones, usb devices, sim cards, laptops,…) in their buildings located in Brussels, Antwerp and Liege. Having already earned a Green Key label for its efforts in terms of sustainability, BluePoint will launch an electronic information campaign towards its tenants and clients of the conference centres inviting them to participate:
- We have sent out a newsletter to our tenants and coworkers of Tech.Lounge.
- We placed flyers in the elevators of our three buildings.
- We will launch a social media campaign on our social media platforms.
- We have sent out a newsletter to our tenants and coworkers of Tech.Lounge.
- We placed flyers in the elevators of our three buildings.
- We will launch a social media campaign on our social media platforms.
Participant
Organisation Name:
C-SERVEES consortium
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
19/10/2022
Activities:
Conference
Description:
Time: 19th October 2022, 9:00–13:00 followed by networking lunch.
Venue: BluePoint conference and business centre, 80 Boulevard A. Reyers, 1030 Brussels (BE)
The C-SERVEES (Activating Circular Services in the Electric and Electronic Sector) project is coming to its end and we hope you can join in our Final Event and learn about our results. It will be organized together with the ReCiPPS (Resource-efficient Circular Product-Service Systems) project.
Please join us to meet our teams, to hear about our results and exchange ideas about further challenges and opportunities for collaboration in this field.
European Commission supports industry in large scale implementation of Circular Manufacturing Systems- A drive towards a stable circular economy.
Please see the agenda and register here.
Paving the way for innovative Circular Economy products and services
An event by the H2020 C-SERVEES and ReCiPSS projects. Onsite and online options to attend.
Time: 19th October 2022, 9:00–13:00 followed by networking lunch.
Venue: BluePoint conference and business centre, 80 Boulevard A. Reyers, 1030 Brussels (BE)
The C-SERVEES (Activating Circular Services in the Electric and Electronic Sector) project is coming to its end and we hope you can join in our Final Event and learn about our results. It will be organized together with the ReCiPPS (Resource-efficient Circular Product-Service Systems) project.
Please join us to meet our teams, to hear about our results and exchange ideas about further challenges and opportunities for collaboration in this field.
European Commission supports industry in large scale implementation of Circular Manufacturing Systems- A drive towards a stable circular economy.
Please see the agenda and register here.
Participant
Organisation Name:
C-SERVEES Project
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14th October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: C-SERVEES aims to boost a resource-efficient circular economy in the electrical and electronic (E&E) sector through the development, testing, validation and transfer of new circular economic business models (CEBMs) based on systemic eco-innovative services that include: eco-leasing of EEE, product customization, improved WEEE management, and ICT services to support the other eco-services. ICT tools (relying on QR codes) will be developed as the driver of the proposed eco-innovative services to take full advantage of the potential and synergies of two major revolutions of our time: the circular economy and the Industry 4.0.
For International E-Waste Day we will be highlighting some of the results of the project through a social media campaign that will encourage business and household consumers to consider how their use of electrical equipment might change in the coming years so that the environmental impact of such equipment can be significantly lowered.
For International E-Waste Day we will be highlighting some of the results of the project through a social media campaign that will encourage business and household consumers to consider how their use of electrical equipment might change in the coming years so that the environmental impact of such equipment can be significantly lowered.
Participant
Organisation Name:
CE-RISE | Circular Economy Resource Information System
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
TBC based on WEEE Forum's posting schedule 14/10/2023
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Reposting of WEEE Forum videos etc. on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter)
Participant
Organisation Name:
CEWASTE Project
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14th October 2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: CEWASTE is a two-year project funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. It will develop a voluntary certification scheme for waste treatment. Specifically, the project will create, validate and launch the scheme for collection, transport and treatment facilities of key types of waste containing significant amounts of valuable and critical raw materials such as WEEE and batteries.
For International E-Waste Day we will be launching a number of infographics that draw attention to the work we are doing and highlight the importance of certification schemes in ensuring the proper recycling of e-waste.
For International E-Waste Day we will be launching a number of infographics that draw attention to the work we are doing and highlight the importance of certification schemes in ensuring the proper recycling of e-waste.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Circular Brussels
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
creating equitable access to opportunities by providing refurbished IT equipment for local community organizations
Description: Circular Brussels is a non-profit and social organization that creates equitable access to opportunities by providing refurbished IT equipment for local community organizations, while at the same time:
What we do
Circular Brussels collects decommissioned ICT from businesses and industries of any size. We securely and certifiably wipe devices of sensitive data after determining which equipment can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.
Reusable ICT are refurbished, updated, and distributed to local community organizations.
Non-Reusable ICT are ecologically recycled by our sister company Out of Use to obtain much needed raw materials in Europe.
For the International E-Waste Day 2021 we will issue awareness raising posts on social media about the importance of RE-using electronic waste and how it prevents thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
- diverting electronic waste from landfill.
- preventing tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
- saving people from suffering the consequences from ingesting polluted air, water and food.
What we do
Circular Brussels collects decommissioned ICT from businesses and industries of any size. We securely and certifiably wipe devices of sensitive data after determining which equipment can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.
Reusable ICT are refurbished, updated, and distributed to local community organizations.
Non-Reusable ICT are ecologically recycled by our sister company Out of Use to obtain much needed raw materials in Europe.
For the International E-Waste Day 2021 we will issue awareness raising posts on social media about the importance of RE-using electronic waste and how it prevents thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Circular.brussels
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Bruxelles
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
16/10/2023
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Circular Brussels is a non-profit and social organization that creates equitable access to technology by providing refurbished IT equipment for local community organizations.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Circular.brussels
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
October 2022
Activities:
Business collection, Social media, Public collection
Description: Circular Brussels is a non-profit and social organization that creates equitable access to opportunities by providing refurbished IT equipment for local community organizations, while at the same time:
• diverting electronic waste from landfill.
• preventing tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
• saving people from suffering the consequences from ingesting polluted air, water, and food.
Since our launch in 2019, we have provided devices to over 1,000 social and educational community organizations in Belgium and we will double this number by 2022 to provide seamless access to opportunities for people with a digital distance.
Our services
Circular Brussels collects WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) FREE of charge from businesses and industries of any capacity. We securely and certifiably erase the data from the appliances after determining which equipment can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.
- Reusable WEEE is refurbished and distributed to local community organizations.
- Non-reusable WEEE is ecologically recycled by our partner 'Out of Use', which recovers raw materials for local use.
• diverting electronic waste from landfill.
• preventing tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
• saving people from suffering the consequences from ingesting polluted air, water, and food.
Since our launch in 2019, we have provided devices to over 1,000 social and educational community organizations in Belgium and we will double this number by 2022 to provide seamless access to opportunities for people with a digital distance.
Our services
Circular Brussels collects WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) FREE of charge from businesses and industries of any capacity. We securely and certifiably erase the data from the appliances after determining which equipment can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.
- Reusable WEEE is refurbished and distributed to local community organizations.
- Non-reusable WEEE is ecologically recycled by our partner 'Out of Use', which recovers raw materials for local use.
Participant
Organisation Name:
CLEANconnect
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
2022 onwards
Activities:
Ensuring regenerative materials are used within a circular environment, among the projects we will support
Description:
Project in Process (WiP by mbrace)
CLEANconnect – innovation in motion – shapes econological ideas through
• ECOpartner network for econological sustainable innovation projects
• community portal, connecting resources, initiatives & markets in motion
generating sustainable innovation in its flow with passion & purpose, enabling next-generation collaborative communities for econological sustainable innovation by corporate intrapreneur teams, start-ups, entrepreneurs & SME’s.
CLEANconnect facilitates innovation in motion as a derivative of regenerative behaviour patterns found in how nature relentlessly revives in its flow. Projects and their teams are constantly on a journey in motion, driven by these adaptive, agile & regenerative principles.
The foundation of CLEANconnect is based on the 5 econological pillars: People ● Planet ● Progress ● Purpose ● Passion (sustainable thrivability) practiced by our ECOpartners & expert associates, empowering connection towards a reliable realisation beyond UNSDG's for companies, start-ups, authorities & institutions.
Our next-generation intelligence portal supports econological responsible ideas in motion, through project resourcing & collaboration towards realisation, market introduction & scale-up, connecting responsible innovation with changing markets conditions. The human touch is ensured through guidance by our associates, aligning best-fit supply & demand between econological certified resource partners & project owners, realising decisive impact for all stakeholders, promoting circular regenerative economics of scale and a more sustainable path towards healthy growth & consumption behaviour.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-connectnet
CLEANconnect
innovation in motion • community portal for econological sustainable innovation, connecting project resources & markets
Project in Process (WiP by mbrace)
CLEANconnect – innovation in motion – shapes econological ideas through
• ECOpartner network for econological sustainable innovation projects
• community portal, connecting resources, initiatives & markets in motion
generating sustainable innovation in its flow with passion & purpose, enabling next-generation collaborative communities for econological sustainable innovation by corporate intrapreneur teams, start-ups, entrepreneurs & SME’s.
CLEANconnect facilitates innovation in motion as a derivative of regenerative behaviour patterns found in how nature relentlessly revives in its flow. Projects and their teams are constantly on a journey in motion, driven by these adaptive, agile & regenerative principles.
The foundation of CLEANconnect is based on the 5 econological pillars: People ● Planet ● Progress ● Purpose ● Passion (sustainable thrivability) practiced by our ECOpartners & expert associates, empowering connection towards a reliable realisation beyond UNSDG's for companies, start-ups, authorities & institutions.
Our next-generation intelligence portal supports econological responsible ideas in motion, through project resourcing & collaboration towards realisation, market introduction & scale-up, connecting responsible innovation with changing markets conditions. The human touch is ensured through guidance by our associates, aligning best-fit supply & demand between econological certified resource partners & project owners, realising decisive impact for all stakeholders, promoting circular regenerative economics of scale and a more sustainable path towards healthy growth & consumption behaviour.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-connectnet
Participant
Organisation Name:
Digital Health in the Circular Economy (DiCE)
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
03/10/2023 14/10/2023 TBC - Based on the WEEE Forum's posting schedule (for reposts)
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Reposting of the WEEE Forum's corresponding videos (smart wearables etc.) on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter)
Announcement of participation in newsletter (163 recipients) to be sent on 03/10/2023 with corresponding link for registration.
Announcement of participation in newsletter (163 recipients) to be sent on 03/10/2023 with corresponding link for registration.
Participant
Organisation Name:
ECOS
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: ECOS has published a facsheet on electronic waste to raise awareness on issues related to WEEE and ways forward.
ECOS will also relay this information on social media.
ECOS will also relay this information on social media.
Participant
Organisation Name:
FutuRaM - Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2023 TBC based on WEEE Forum's posting schedule (reposts)
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Reposting of WEEE Forum videos etc. on social media (Twitter, LinkedIn)
Participant
Organisation Name:
GRINNER
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
29/09/2023 14/10/2023 TBC -Based on the WEEE Forum's posting schedule (for reposting)
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Reposting of corresponding posts and videos on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter).
Participant
Organisation Name:
I4R platform
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Worldwide
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2022
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Campaign on Social media to promote the Information for Recyclers platform -I4R platform- a permanent, centralised, and up-to-date platform based on a harmonised and structured information that responds to preparation for reuse operators’ and recyclers’ needs. Pro-active initiative potentially typing into Circular Economy policies.
The I4R platform enables the exchange of information between producers, treatment facilities, and preparation for reuse/reuse operators of (W)EEE about the presence and location of materials and components that need separate treatment in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex VII and relying on Article 15 of the WEEE Directive.
We encourage other producer associations to take advantage of this tool. For any questions, please contact here.
The I4R platform enables the exchange of information between producers, treatment facilities, and preparation for reuse/reuse operators of (W)EEE about the presence and location of materials and components that need separate treatment in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex VII and relying on Article 15 of the WEEE Directive.
We encourage other producer associations to take advantage of this tool. For any questions, please contact here.
Participant
Organisation Name:
I4R platform
Organisation website:
City:
Europe
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2023
Activities:
Description: The I4R platform enables the exchange of information between manufacturers, treatment facilities, and preparation for reuse/reuse operators of (W)EEE about the presence and location of materials and components that need separate treatment in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex VII and relying on Article 15 of the WEEE Directive, e.g. batteries, printed circuit boards or plastics containing brominated flame retardants.
This permanent, centralised, and up-to-date platform offers an easy to use communication tool that will help to further increase the recycling results in the electrical and electronic sector while reducing compliance cost for both manufacturers and recyclers.
Producer associations are invited to take advantage of this tool. For any questions, please contact here.
Let's tackle the e-waste challenge together!
This permanent, centralised, and up-to-date platform offers an easy to use communication tool that will help to further increase the recycling results in the electrical and electronic sector while reducing compliance cost for both manufacturers and recyclers.
Producer associations are invited to take advantage of this tool. For any questions, please contact here.
Let's tackle the e-waste challenge together!
Participant
Organisation Name:
Ko-Lab vzw
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Mechelen
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
23-24/10/2021
Activities:
Workshop, Public collection
Description:
Ko-Lab vzw, the hacker-makerspace from Mechelen, is an open workspace where people with common interests in science, technics and crafts can meet and inspire each other over a repair, experiment or R&D project. Therefore, the idea of re-use and refurbish is very much present in our 'space'.
We very much support the right to repair idea and we are convinced that every part of the chain has to take an active role to make circularity a reality for e-products. That's why we try to bring science closer to society. Which we also plan to do in the weekend of 23/10. This weekend will be full of activities to raise awareness in Mechelen about the shift we need to make to repair and about the concerns around e-waste.
23/10
10 am
Bring your e-device to repair it or to recycle it correctly (in collaboration with 'Deelbaar Mechelen')
1 pm
Talk about the right-to-repair (movement) by Repair&Share
Talk about the right-to-repair (movement) by Repair&Share
Participant
Organisation Name:
KU Leuven, Belgium
Organisation website:
City:
Leuven
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14 October 2020
Activities:
Conference, News release
Description: As a part of the Sustainable Futures Research Group at KU Leuven, I will be delivering a guest lecture on "Governance and Sustainable Management of Electronic Waste in India" at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi. Further, I have submitted a few newspaper/magazine articles on E-waste to be considered for publishing on the occasion of IEWD in both English and Assamese (the official language in the North-East Indian state of Assam). Considering the fact that India has one of the largest youth populations in the world today, the aim is to create awareness on E-waste among them in order to ensure an informed and responsible set of consumers in the near future.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Mirec Recycling N.V.
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Sint-Niklaas
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
9/10/2023 - 13/10/2023
Activities:
Business collection
Description: At Mirec we understand the impact of e-waste and help to recycle electrical and electronic equipment safely and sustainably in an efficient and sustainable way.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Mirec Recycling nv
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Sint-Niklaas
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14/10/2022
Activities:
Business collection
Description: Recycling of electric and electronic waste by placing a box on our site at Sint-Niklaas.
Participant
Organisation Name:
PHOTORAMA
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Brussels
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
13/10/2023
Activities:
Social media
Description: The activity is about communicating on PV modules as part the WEEE and promoting its recycling.
The visual e-flyer will be release in the project website and on social media.
The visual e-flyer will be release in the project website and on social media.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Vandeputte Safety
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Boechout
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
14th October 2020
Activities:
Business collection, Social media
Description: As CSR is a main pillar in our organisation, the business centres of Vandeputte will support the International E-Waste Day in cooperation with local recyclers by collecting small e-waste (mobiles, smartphones, usb devices, sim cards, laptops, etc.) in their buildings located in Belgium, The Netherlands and France. We will raise awareness on this topic through our social media.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Vandeputte Safety
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Boechout
Country:
Belgium
Date(s):
7/10 - 31/10
Activities:
Business campaign -Social media, Business collection
Description: The CSR-Project Team of Vandeputte takes the occasion of IEWD to organise a special e-waste collection event to help raise awareness on this important topic. The business centres of Vandeputte will support the International E-Waste Day in cooperation with Holland Recycling by collecting end of life e-waste appliances from our offices and homes (desktops, smartphones, usb devices, sim cards, laptops, mice, head phones, adapters, VCR/DVD-players, all kind of electronic wires and other electronic devices, etc…) in our buildings located in Belgium, The Netherlands and France.
Each of us can contribute in this mission and have a positive impact on our planet and future!
Each of us can contribute in this mission and have a positive impact on our planet and future!