Participant
Organisation Name:
ABREE
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
14 October
Activities:
Public collection
Description: To celebrate the International E-waste Day – IEWD – ABREE –one of the most traditional and representative non-profit managing entity, focused on defining and organizing the solid waste management, promoting collective reverse logistics systems, in partnership with its 29 associates representing 96 brands which corresponds around 85% of the Brazilian market, announces the great results of the entity expansion plan. Now, the entity counts with over 1.200 collection points on the federal level and, through strategic partnerships, representing a 1,279% growth in the implementation of collection points.
To provide more information about it, on October 14th, Mara Ballam - executive manager at ABREE will grant a presentation at an event promoted by the Mineral Technology Center (CETEM / MCTI).
Also, Mara Ballam will be on the YouTube channel, PapoFácil, by journalist Flávio Xandó, along with Fabrício Soller, - Lawyer specialized in Environmental Law and Waste Law-, discussing the main challenges of reverse logistics.
To provide more information about it, on October 14th, Mara Ballam - executive manager at ABREE will grant a presentation at an event promoted by the Mineral Technology Center (CETEM / MCTI).
Also, Mara Ballam will be on the YouTube channel, PapoFácil, by journalist Flávio Xandó, along with Fabrício Soller, - Lawyer specialized in Environmental Law and Waste Law-, discussing the main challenges of reverse logistics.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Center for Mineral Technology
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 14 and 15th 2021
Activities:
Conference
Description: The Centre for Mineral Technology (CETEM / MCTI - Brazil) will hold on October 14 and 15th 2021 the 4th INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ELECTRO-ELECTRONIC WASTE (IEWD) event. This is the third year that CETEM promotes the discussion with stakeholders on e-waste management.
This edition of the event will be entirely online and will take place via videoconference with the support of partner institutions that contributed to the realization of the DATARE Project.
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This edition of the event will be entirely online and will take place via videoconference with the support of partner institutions that contributed to the realization of the DATARE Project.
- Official website:
- https://www.gov.br/mcti/pt-br/rede-mcti/cetem/assuntos/eventos/4-iewd
- Official transmission link (Youtube):
- https://www.youtube.com/c/CETEMineral
- Confirmed Schedule:
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- IV IEWD – October 14 and 15th - OPPORTUNITIES FOR E-WASTE VALUE RECOVERY
- Brazilian session - October 14th
8h30 - AM - Opening Silvia França - Director / CETEM
Álvaro Prata – Secretariat / Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Enir Mendes – Director / Ministry of Mining and Energy
9:15 to 12:00 AM - Roundtable Prof. Jorge Tenório and Prof. Denise Freire – University of São Paulo (USP)
Prof. Hugo Veit and Prof. Andréa Bernardas – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Prof. Ricardo Gabbay – University of the State of São Paulo (UNESP)
Prof. Marcelo Mansur – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Prof. Júlio Afonso – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
1 to 5 PM Companies presentations (to be confirmed) - International session - October 15th
8:30 AM to 12:00 AM - Roundtable Lucía Herreras - WEEE Forum
Mathias Schuelep – WRF, Switzerland
Josh Lepawsky – Memorial University, Canada
José Ramon Carbajosa – Urban Mining International Ltd. – United Kindgom
Participant
Organisation Name:
Center for Mineral Technology - CETEM
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
14 October
Activities:
Workshop
Description: The Center for Mineral Technology (CETEM) and the University of São Paulo (USP) will carry out a series of speeches on e-waste, with the participation of specialists and companies that work in recycling. The event will happen in person and by videoconferencing between the two organizing institutions.
Brazil generates about 1.5 Mt of WEEE annually and there is a real demand for sustainable and efficient solutions. In August 30th, 2019 the public consultation of the sectoral Agreement coordinated by the Ministry of Environment was closed. This agreement will be signed between the producer companies, distributors, importers and traders of the segment, with the definition of targets and deadlines for the environmentally appropriate destination.
Please, register here if you would like to be part of the meeting. Places are limited.
The event will occur in a simultaneously way in Rio de Janeiro (CETEM) and in São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo-USP). It will be shared by video-conference in Portuguese language, except for the talk of Prof. Josh Lepawsky and José Ramon Carbajosa.
PROGRAMME
Brazil generates about 1.5 Mt of WEEE annually and there is a real demand for sustainable and efficient solutions. In August 30th, 2019 the public consultation of the sectoral Agreement coordinated by the Ministry of Environment was closed. This agreement will be signed between the producer companies, distributors, importers and traders of the segment, with the definition of targets and deadlines for the environmentally appropriate destination.
Please, register here if you would like to be part of the meeting. Places are limited.
The event will occur in a simultaneously way in Rio de Janeiro (CETEM) and in São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo-USP). It will be shared by video-conference in Portuguese language, except for the talk of Prof. Josh Lepawsky and José Ramon Carbajosa.
PROGRAMME
- 8:30-9:00 Registration
- 9:00-9:10 Welcome
- 9:10-9:40 Lúcia Helena Xavier - CETEM
- 9:40-10:00 Ricardo Rodrigues - UMICORE
- 10:00-10:20 José Cristovam - VERTAS
- 10:20-10:50 Denise Espinosa - USP
- 10:50-11:10 Marcelo Oliveira - GM&CLog
- 11:10-11:30 José Graton - SINCTRONICS
- 11:30 Lab visiting LAREX
- 12:00-13:00 Lunch
- 13:00-13-10 Director CETEM
- 13:10-13:40 Josh Lepawsky - Memorial University (Canada)
- 13:40-14:10 José Ramon Carbajosa - Urban Mining Ltd (Spain
- 14:10-14:30 Debate
- 14:30-14:50 Elaine Menegon Chermont - TRAMPPO
- 14:50-15:10 Caio Miranda - TECH TRASH
- 15:10-15:30 Leonardo Oliveira - ECOTRONICS
- 15:30-15:50 Debate
- 15:50 Close
Participant
Organisation Name:
Center for Mineral Tecnology CETEM-MCTI
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 14th
Activities:
Workshop
Description:
INTERNATIONAL E-WASTE DAY – IEWD 2020
DATE: 14.10.2020 – 1 to 5 pm
The 3rd INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ELECTRONELECTRONIC WASTE (International E-waste Day - IEWD) will be held on October 14th, 2020. The Mineral Technology Center (CETEM) and the São Paulo State University (Unesp) will hold a series of lectures on the topic, with the participation of e-waste management companies. This edition of the event will be entirely online and will take place by videoconference between the two organizing institutions.
In Brazil are generated about 2,1 Mt of e-waste each year. The procedures for e-waste management are regulated by the Brazilian Policy on Solid Waste - BPSW (Law 12,305 and Decree 7,404 from 2010). This year we celebrate 10 year of the BPSW and e-waste is the most recent regulated waste type.
More info, please access: https://www.cetem.gov.br/iii-iewd
INTERNATIONAL E-WASTE DAY – IEWD 2020
DATE: 14.10.2020 – 1 to 5 pm
The 3rd INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ELECTRONELECTRONIC WASTE (International E-waste Day - IEWD) will be held on October 14th, 2020. The Mineral Technology Center (CETEM) and the São Paulo State University (Unesp) will hold a series of lectures on the topic, with the participation of e-waste management companies. This edition of the event will be entirely online and will take place by videoconference between the two organizing institutions.
In Brazil are generated about 2,1 Mt of e-waste each year. The procedures for e-waste management are regulated by the Brazilian Policy on Solid Waste - BPSW (Law 12,305 and Decree 7,404 from 2010). This year we celebrate 10 year of the BPSW and e-waste is the most recent regulated waste type.
More info, please access: https://www.cetem.gov.br/iii-iewd
Participant
Organisation Name:
Centre for Mineral Technology
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 14th
Activities:
Public Campaign - Internet news
Description: This is the fifth year that the IEWD will be held by the Mineral Technology Center in Brazil.
The program has the participation of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, CETEM, University of São Paulo, SENAI-PR, and companies such as UMICORE, GMCLog, ESSENCIS and others.
Follow our program at https://www.gov.br/cetem/pt-br/5o-dia-internacional-dos-residuos-eletroeletronicos
The program has the participation of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, CETEM, University of São Paulo, SENAI-PR, and companies such as UMICORE, GMCLog, ESSENCIS and others.
Follow our program at https://www.gov.br/cetem/pt-br/5o-dia-internacional-dos-residuos-eletroeletronicos
Participant
Organisation Name:
Circular Brain
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Parnamirim
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
from the 8th to the 16th of October
Activities:
Public collection
Description: Campaign for the correct disposal of Electronic Waste at the biggest event in Rio Grande do Norte-Brazil, Festa do Boi. Starting in November, a campaign will be held for correct disposal in schools in the hinterland region, the first action of its kind carried out in the region.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Circular Brain
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Natal
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 13th and 14th
Activities:
Public collection
Description: We will promote the correct disposal in the city of Natal/RN-Brazil.
In this action, we are going to install 6 electronic waste collectors in partnership with the City of Natal. This action is part of a project in the city that has already collected 5 tons since June 2021.
In this action, we are going to install 6 electronic waste collectors in partnership with the City of Natal. This action is part of a project in the city that has already collected 5 tons since June 2021.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Earth & Life University
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
CDMX
Countries:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay
Date(s):
12, 13, 14 Octubre 2022
Activities:
Conference
Description: II Latin American Forum on #circulareconomy and #ewaste!
Strategy Circular MX and Earth & Life University, within the framework of the International Electronic Waste Day (#ewasteday), a global initiative of the WEEE Forum that is commemorated every year on October 14, co-organize the second edition of:
Latin American Forum on Circular Economy and Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
🗓 October 12, 2022.
⏰ 08:00hrs. to 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
⏰ 09:00hrs. to 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽, Cancun, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
⏰ 10:00hrs. to 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
⏰ 11:00hrs. to 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
📌 Free virtual event ( (Access data will be sent to the registered email).
🗓 October 13 and 14, 2022.
⏰ 09:00hrs. to 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
⏰ 10:00hrs. to 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽, Cancun, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
⏰ 11:00hrs. to 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
⏰ 12:00hrs. to 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
📌 Virtual event, free registration here 👇🏻
https://bit.ly/3EiPzlY
👉🏻 This year, the objective is to boost the development and enrichment of knowledge about small WEEE items, as well as the implementation and development of strategies and business models based on the circular economy, under the motto:
Recycle everything, no matter how small!.
📕 Official Program:
🎯 Day 1. 12 October 2022.
➡️ Keynote Lecture*: Mr. Walter R. Stahel, Swiss architect, founder and director of the Product-Life Institute (Switzerland) promotes the understanding of the structure of a loop economy and its drivers and obstacles (circular industrial economy).
* In English.
Panel 1: Current situation of WEEE in Latin America.
Panel 2: Legislation on circular economy and WEEE's.
Day 2. October 13, 2022.
Panel 3: Public policies and standardization on circular economy and WEEE.
Panel 4: EEE's and Extended Producer Responsibility.
Day 3. October 14, 2022.
Panel 5: Entrepreneurship, research and development to reduce WEEE.
Panel 6: Challenges and opportunities in WEEE's management.
We are waiting for you!
#ewasteday
#climateemergency
II Latin American Forum on #circulareconomy and #raees!
💚 Estrategia Circular MX y Earth & Life University, en el marco del Día Internacional de los Residuos Electrónicos (#ewasteday), una iniciativa global del Foro RAEE que se conmemora cada año el 14 de octubre, co-organizan la segunda edición del:
Foro Latinoamericano de Economía Circular y Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos.
🗓 12 de octubre de 2022.
⏰ 08:00hrs. a las 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras.
⏰ 09:00hrs. a las 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽 , Cancún, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá y Perú.
⏰ 10:00hrs. a las 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
⏰ 11:00hrs. a las 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay.
📌 Evento virtual gratuito ( (Los datos de acceso se enviarán al correo electrónico registrado).
🗓 13 y 14 de octubre de 2022.
⏰ 09:00hrs. a las 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras.
⏰ 10:00hrs. a las 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽 , Cancún, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá y Perú.
⏰ 11:00hrs. a las 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
⏰ 12:00hrs. a las 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay.
📌 Evento virtual, inscripción gratuita aquí 👇🏻
https://bit.ly/3EiPzlY
👉🏻 Este año, el objetivo es impulsar el desarrollo y enriquecimiento del conocimiento sobre los pequeños RAEE, así como la implantación y desarrollo de estrategias y modelos de negocio basados en la economía circular, bajo el lema:
Recicla todo, ¡por pequeño que sea!.
📕 Programa Oficial:
🎯 Día 1. 12 de octubre de 2022.
➡️ Conferencia magistral*: El Sr. Walter R. Stahel, arquitecto suizo, fundador y director del Product-Life Institute (Suiza) promueve la comprensión de la estructura de una economía de bucle y sus impulsores y obstáculos (economía industrial circular).
* En inglés.
Panel 1: Situación actual de los RAEE en América Latina.
Panel 2: Legislación sobre economía circular y RAEE.
Día 2. 13 de octubre de 2022.
Panel 3: Políticas públicas y estandarización sobre economía circular y RAEE.
Panel 4: EEE y Responsabilidad Ampliada del Productor.
Día 3. 14 de octubre de 2022.
Panel 5: Emprendimiento, investigación y desarrollo para reducir los RAEE.
Panel 6: Retos y oportunidades en la gestión de los RAEE.
¡Te esperamos!
#ewasteday
#climateemergency
Strategy Circular MX and Earth & Life University, within the framework of the International Electronic Waste Day (#ewasteday), a global initiative of the WEEE Forum that is commemorated every year on October 14, co-organize the second edition of:
Latin American Forum on Circular Economy and Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
🗓 October 12, 2022.
⏰ 08:00hrs. to 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
⏰ 09:00hrs. to 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽, Cancun, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
⏰ 10:00hrs. to 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
⏰ 11:00hrs. to 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
📌 Free virtual event ( (Access data will be sent to the registered email).
🗓 October 13 and 14, 2022.
⏰ 09:00hrs. to 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
⏰ 10:00hrs. to 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽, Cancun, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
⏰ 11:00hrs. to 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
⏰ 12:00hrs. to 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
📌 Virtual event, free registration here 👇🏻
https://bit.ly/3EiPzlY
👉🏻 This year, the objective is to boost the development and enrichment of knowledge about small WEEE items, as well as the implementation and development of strategies and business models based on the circular economy, under the motto:
Recycle everything, no matter how small!.
📕 Official Program:
🎯 Day 1. 12 October 2022.
➡️ Keynote Lecture*: Mr. Walter R. Stahel, Swiss architect, founder and director of the Product-Life Institute (Switzerland) promotes the understanding of the structure of a loop economy and its drivers and obstacles (circular industrial economy).
* In English.
Panel 1: Current situation of WEEE in Latin America.
Panel 2: Legislation on circular economy and WEEE's.
Day 2. October 13, 2022.
Panel 3: Public policies and standardization on circular economy and WEEE.
Panel 4: EEE's and Extended Producer Responsibility.
Day 3. October 14, 2022.
Panel 5: Entrepreneurship, research and development to reduce WEEE.
Panel 6: Challenges and opportunities in WEEE's management.
We are waiting for you!
#ewasteday
#climateemergency
II Latin American Forum on #circulareconomy and #raees!
💚 Estrategia Circular MX y Earth & Life University, en el marco del Día Internacional de los Residuos Electrónicos (#ewasteday), una iniciativa global del Foro RAEE que se conmemora cada año el 14 de octubre, co-organizan la segunda edición del:
Foro Latinoamericano de Economía Circular y Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos.
🗓 12 de octubre de 2022.
⏰ 08:00hrs. a las 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras.
⏰ 09:00hrs. a las 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽 , Cancún, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá y Perú.
⏰ 10:00hrs. a las 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
⏰ 11:00hrs. a las 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay.
📌 Evento virtual gratuito ( (Los datos de acceso se enviarán al correo electrónico registrado).
🗓 13 y 14 de octubre de 2022.
⏰ 09:00hrs. a las 11:00hrs. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras.
⏰ 10:00hrs. a las 13:00hrs. 🇲🇽 , Cancún, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá y Perú.
⏰ 11:00hrs. a las 14:00hrs. Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
⏰ 12:00hrs. a las 15:00hrs. Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay.
📌 Evento virtual, inscripción gratuita aquí 👇🏻
https://bit.ly/3EiPzlY
👉🏻 Este año, el objetivo es impulsar el desarrollo y enriquecimiento del conocimiento sobre los pequeños RAEE, así como la implantación y desarrollo de estrategias y modelos de negocio basados en la economía circular, bajo el lema:
Recicla todo, ¡por pequeño que sea!.
📕 Programa Oficial:
🎯 Día 1. 12 de octubre de 2022.
➡️ Conferencia magistral*: El Sr. Walter R. Stahel, arquitecto suizo, fundador y director del Product-Life Institute (Suiza) promueve la comprensión de la estructura de una economía de bucle y sus impulsores y obstáculos (economía industrial circular).
* En inglés.
Panel 1: Situación actual de los RAEE en América Latina.
Panel 2: Legislación sobre economía circular y RAEE.
Día 2. 13 de octubre de 2022.
Panel 3: Políticas públicas y estandarización sobre economía circular y RAEE.
Panel 4: EEE y Responsabilidad Ampliada del Productor.
Día 3. 14 de octubre de 2022.
Panel 5: Emprendimiento, investigación y desarrollo para reducir los RAEE.
Panel 6: Retos y oportunidades en la gestión de los RAEE.
¡Te esperamos!
#ewasteday
#climateemergency
Participant
Organisation Name:
FMV Engenharia
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Ribeirão Preto
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 14, 15, 16 and 17
Activities:
Public collection
Description: Actions will be carried out in residential condominiums, where a box will be made available for families to dispose of these materials. Afterwards, these residues will be selected and disposed of correctly, ending their life cycle. Let's connect people and encourage them to recycle their e-wates, then give the proper destination and preserve our planet.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Green Eletron
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public collection, News release, Social media
Description: Green Eletron, as the biggest non-profit take back system of e-waste in Brazil, will have several activities throughout October. Focusing especially on the consumer and respecting all social distancing due to Covid-19, the entity will provide several drive-thrus campaigns in different parts of Brazil to encourage the proper way of discard e-waste .
Also, Green Eletron will reveal the findings of a study about the perception about e-waste in Brazil - the first complex study in the country. As a complement to that, there will be organic campaigns with social media influencers to help raise awareness about the topic.
Also, Green Eletron will reveal the findings of a study about the perception about e-waste in Brazil - the first complex study in the country. As a complement to that, there will be organic campaigns with social media influencers to help raise awareness about the topic.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Green Eletron
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
September and October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public Campaign - Internet news
Description: The initiatives this year will begin in September with a press trip to one of the WEEE recyclers in Brazil to show the media the process and the importance of the right disposal of e-waste. This will generate media content that will bring awareness to thousands of people in Brazil.
Also, in October, we will launch an official Green Eletron stamp so brands that are part of the system can show the consumers that they are responsable and are following the legislation.
We will have also social media content and press kits sent out to journalist and influencers of the Bahia State.
Also, in October, we will launch an official Green Eletron stamp so brands that are part of the system can show the consumers that they are responsable and are following the legislation.
We will have also social media content and press kits sent out to journalist and influencers of the Bahia State.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Green Eletron
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
From 11 to 18 October
Activities:
Public collection, Business collection, Business campaign -Social media, Social media
Description: Green Eletron is the Brazilian PRO, responsible for implementing Brazil´s WEEE Take Back Scheme.
On the International E-waste Day, Green Eletron will focus on promoting collection campaigns for the company employees and their families.
We´ll be installing collection containers on the offices of the companies that are members of Green Eletron.
Those collection containers will be available for one week on their offices and we´ll be preparing videos and online materials for the company members to share with their employees.
On the International E-waste Day, Green Eletron will focus on promoting collection campaigns for the company employees and their families.
We´ll be installing collection containers on the offices of the companies that are members of Green Eletron.
Those collection containers will be available for one week on their offices and we´ll be preparing videos and online materials for the company members to share with their employees.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Green Eletron
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
October 2020
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Business collection, Social media, Movement launch, News release, Business campaign -Social media
Description: Green Eletron, as the main Take Back System in Brazil, will promote a collection campaign of e-waste in the factories of our associates and nearby condos. This will be accompanied with communications materials with the objective of educating and generating awareness around the importance of recycling electrical and electronic equipment. The action will go on during October.
Also, we encouraged our partners in retail to produce and share communications around the E-Waste Day on their stores, social media and apps.
We will also launch a movement called Eletrônico Não é Lixo (translation: Electronic is not waste) to generate awareness among the general public. We will send press kits to journalists and influencers on E-Waste Day with the objective of explaining what the e-waste is and how to properly discard them. Also, we will launch a website dedicated to the movement, a manifest video and the production of an e-book about the e-waste.
Also, we encouraged our partners in retail to produce and share communications around the E-Waste Day on their stores, social media and apps.
We will also launch a movement called Eletrônico Não é Lixo (translation: Electronic is not waste) to generate awareness among the general public. We will send press kits to journalists and influencers on E-Waste Day with the objective of explaining what the e-waste is and how to properly discard them. Also, we will launch a website dedicated to the movement, a manifest video and the production of an e-book about the e-waste.
Participant
Organisation Name:
LOGREVERSA
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
São Paulo
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
14 October
Activities:
Social media
Description: We will share the materials that will be provided to us (press release, social media messages) with our networks and to actively use social media to share relevant posts – using #ewasteday.
Participant
Organisation Name:
RECICLETRONICOS DO BRASIL
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Belo Horizonte and Cuiabá
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
14/10/2022
Activities:
Public collection
Description: SUPER RECYCLE PROJECT
Electronic waste recycling day in supermarkets in the cities of Belo Horizonte and Cuiabá in Brazil.
Environmental, social and economic project designed to correctly dispose of electronic waste, which aims to propose an action aimed at contributing to an awareness of people who frequent the supermarket, in the treatment of obsolete or disused equipment, establishing an environment of recycling-oriented community.
It has the attitude of opportunities for the economy of secondary horizons, through expanding the time of the eyes of the community and awards while strengthening the image in relation to the protection of the environment of its community.
Electronic waste recycling day in supermarkets in the cities of Belo Horizonte and Cuiabá in Brazil.
Environmental, social and economic project designed to correctly dispose of electronic waste, which aims to propose an action aimed at contributing to an awareness of people who frequent the supermarket, in the treatment of obsolete or disused equipment, establishing an environment of recycling-oriented community.
It has the attitude of opportunities for the economy of secondary horizons, through expanding the time of the eyes of the community and awards while strengthening the image in relation to the protection of the environment of its community.
Participant
Organisation Name:
RECICLOTRON
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
RIO DE JANEIRO
Country:
Brazil
Date(s):
COPA RECICLOTRON RIO Launching on October 14th, Campaign - October through November Donation of remanufactured products -
Activities:
Public collection, Public Campaign - Social media, News release
Description: The social impact startup RECICLOTRON will launch the COPA RECICLOTRON RIO DE JANEIRO on October 14th, as part of the official activities in celebration of the 90 years anniversary of Christ the Redeemer monument, one of the 7 modern wonders of mankind. Copa Reciclotron is a gamified educational campaign that engages participants in a fun competition to mobilize citizens in sustainable actions, encourage the practice of recycling, sustainable consumption, and solidarity. E-waste delivered to collection points and participation in social media is worth RECICLOPONTOS to exchange in the partner network. The winner will be the region that scores the most points. People and companies participating in the event may direct their recycling points and complementary donations to social impact institutions, multiplying the reach of solidarity. Items discarded will be reconditioned and donated to increase digital inclusion in social projects, while unserviceable goods will be disposed of safely.
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The WEEE Forum a.i.s.b.l. is an international association representing fifty producer responsibility organisations across the globe. Together with our members, we are at the forefront of turning the extended producer responsibility principle into an effective electronic waste management policy approach through our combined knowledge of the technical, business and operational aspects of collection, logistics, de-pollution, processing, preparing for reuse and reporting of e-waste. Our mission is to be the world’s foremost e-waste competence centre excelling in the implementation of the circularity principle.
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