Organiser
Organisation Name:
REPIC Ltd
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Bury
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
Week commencing 11th October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, News release
Description: On-line promotion of WEEE reuse and recycling and it's place in a circular economy.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Currys plc
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
LONDON
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
22/09/21 - 22/10/21
Activities:
Public collection
Description: We are running a month long tech amnesty trial we are running in the North West region of England and Scotland which coinsides with IEWD. We will be offer £5 voucher to any customer who comes into our stores to recycle old tech. That voucher can then be used against the purchase of any new purchases £25 or over. We are also emailing all other customers on our marketing database to inform them that all old tech can be traded-in or recycled at any of our stores to encourage them ensure tech is hoarded or disposed of incorrectly in their household bin.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Environcom England Ltd
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Grantham
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
4th October to 14th October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: As the Nation’s Largest Independent E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Company, based on Spittlegate Level in Grantham, we would be proud to take part in this year’s International E-Waste Day.
We are inviting pupils of local willing participating schools to bring any small unwanted electrical waste items, ie anything with a plug, to an agreed drop-off area at the school site, completely free of charge.
We can arrange for a crate to be delivered to the school in the run-p to the big day and we will return to collect it on Thursday 14th October 2021.
The school with the largest contribution of e-waste items will be awarded a refurbished laptop and we will record a photographic journey of the e-waste, following the recycling and reuse processed in our Grantham factory from start to finish via our social media platforms.
We are inviting pupils of local willing participating schools to bring any small unwanted electrical waste items, ie anything with a plug, to an agreed drop-off area at the school site, completely free of charge.
We can arrange for a crate to be delivered to the school in the run-p to the big day and we will return to collect it on Thursday 14th October 2021.
The school with the largest contribution of e-waste items will be awarded a refurbished laptop and we will record a photographic journey of the e-waste, following the recycling and reuse processed in our Grantham factory from start to finish via our social media platforms.
Participant
Organisation Name:
EOL IT Services
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14/10/21
Activities:
Social media
Description: EOL are the highest accredited ITAD in the UK and as a result continually promote best practice when it comes to E-Waste. We plan to share IEWD assets to further promote the importance of sustainabiity and e-waste recycling.
Participant
Organisation Name:
eSpares Lts
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Birmingham
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14.10
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: The core ethos of eSpares is to encourage our community to repair not replace and think twice before adding to the growing problem of e-waste. Through providing customers with appliance spare parts and the help and advice they need to complete their own fixes, we offer the tools they need to do their bit to save the environment from their very own homes.
For this year’s International E-Waste Day, we will be educating our audience with shocking e-waste stats and providing advice on how they can help through our social media channels and blog. By doing this, we are raising vital awareness and encouraging people to join the fight against e-waste by making a small change to improve the future of our world.
For this year’s International E-Waste Day, we will be educating our audience with shocking e-waste stats and providing advice on how they can help through our social media channels and blog. By doing this, we are raising vital awareness and encouraging people to join the fight against e-waste by making a small change to improve the future of our world.
Participant
Organisation Name:
musicMgapie
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Stockport
Countries:
United Kingdom, United States
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, email campaign to customer base
Description:
We will include the day in an email marketing campaign to encourage our customers to buy and sell consumer electronics in our circular model. We will also promote our 'Mount Recyclemore' and 'E-waste Landmarks' campaigns, which both highlight the issues of e-waste. We will feature content on our blog on the website.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Reuse Network
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Bristol
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14 October 2021
Activities:
Social media
Description: Throughout the day we'll be sharing the social and environmental impact of Reuse Network members who are helping alleviate poverty, reduce waste and tackle climate change through the reuse of e-waste.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Sofies UK
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Various
Countries:
India, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Business collection
Description: At Sofies, we are dedicating the entire month of October to the topic of e-waste. And to mark the occasion, we are doing an inter office e-waste competition, where employees are asked to collect any e-waste from their houses for correct disposal. The office that collects the highest weight of e-waste per capita will win the challenge!
In addition, our UK office is preparing a video where Sofies UK Managing Director, Federico Magalini, will answer questions from the audience (collected via form on social media) about e-waste management and the current challenges in the field. The idea is to promote awareness and to bring people closer to the topic.
In addition, our UK office is preparing a video where Sofies UK Managing Director, Federico Magalini, will answer questions from the audience (collected via form on social media) about e-waste management and the current challenges in the field. The idea is to promote awareness and to bring people closer to the topic.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Tech-Takeback
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Brighton & Hove
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14 October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Internet news, Public Campaign - Social media, Public collection, Business collection
Description: Tech-Takeback is a not-for-profit based in Brighton & Hove, supported by Brighton & Hove City Council. We give unwanted tech and small electricals a second life.
We collect donated items (working or broken) from across the city, in partnership with The ZeroNet, through RevaluElectricals, our residential collection service. All data bearing items undergo a secure data-erasure process before being repaired and refurbished. Wherever possible items are then redistributed, with help from our charity partners, to schoolchildren, families and vulnerable members of the community. Any items unsuitable for reuse are dismantled and recycled responsibly.
Throughout International E-Waste Day we will share the facts and statistics relating to e-waste with our audience on social media; hold an Instagram live interview and project update 12:30 – 13:00 on @TechTakeback; release our latest newsletter; celebrate a successful first year of operations for RevaluElectricals; publicise an upcoming tech amnesty event which we are holding, in collaboration with Brighton Digital Festival and of course, as always we will continue with our city wide small electricals collection service.
We collect donated items (working or broken) from across the city, in partnership with The ZeroNet, through RevaluElectricals, our residential collection service. All data bearing items undergo a secure data-erasure process before being repaired and refurbished. Wherever possible items are then redistributed, with help from our charity partners, to schoolchildren, families and vulnerable members of the community. Any items unsuitable for reuse are dismantled and recycled responsibly.
Throughout International E-Waste Day we will share the facts and statistics relating to e-waste with our audience on social media; hold an Instagram live interview and project update 12:30 – 13:00 on @TechTakeback; release our latest newsletter; celebrate a successful first year of operations for RevaluElectricals; publicise an upcoming tech amnesty event which we are holding, in collaboration with Brighton Digital Festival and of course, as always we will continue with our city wide small electricals collection service.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Techbuyer
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Harrogate
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14/10/2021
Activities:
Business campaign -Social media
Description: We buy, refurbish and sell datacentre and IT equipment.
For IEWD, we will be running a social media campaign across our social channels and our company blog. We will focus on the message of IEWD and our ethos of being a sustainable IT solutions provider with the circular economy at its core.
For IEWD, we will be running a social media campaign across our social channels and our company blog. We will focus on the message of IEWD and our ethos of being a sustainable IT solutions provider with the circular economy at its core.
Participant
Organisation Name:
The Mailing Room
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Bury
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
IEWD & Every Day!
Activities:
Business campaign Internet news
Description: As part of our ongoing aim to stop franking ink cartridges going to landfill, on IEWD we’ll be reminding our 9,000+ end-users that they can use our Return & Save scheme to send any used cartridges back to The Mailing Room for Free! We already send a biodegradable Freepost return envelope with any franking ink purchase, or they can request them at themailingroom.com/recycle to send back their empties. Plus get 5% off any replacement ordered as Thank You for keeping the empties out of landfill.
This is on top of our environmental commitment to safely recycle steel and electrical cables, reuse packaging, refurbish machines and move to an EV fleet.
This is on top of our environmental commitment to safely recycle steel and electrical cables, reuse packaging, refurbish machines and move to an EV fleet.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Ultrarecycle
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Henlow
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
11th until 15th October 2021
Activities:
Business collection
Description: As specialists in secure IT recycling Ultrarecycle guarantee legal compliance, promising our customers peace of mind that their sensitive data is unrecoverable, and proud to say that 100% of e-waste processed on our site avoids landfill. With this in mind we will be promoting International E-Waste day by offering FREE IT WEEE RECYCLING to any new customers between 11th -15th October when delivered to our AATF facility in Henlow, raising awareness of the importance of zero E-Waste to landfill and raising awareness of the importance of recycling and reuse in a circular economy! Please contact us direct to arrange delivery or for a collection quote.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Wastebuster
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Guildford
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
September 2021-September 2023
Activities:
School campaign or collection
Description: Recycle to Read brings together cross-sector stakeholders to develop a new, sustainable infrastructure for recycling toys, unlocking considerable social, economic, and environmental benefits for the UK. Led by Wastebuster (www.wastebuster.co.uk) and the Pod (www.jointhepod.org) in association with Products of Change (https://www.productsofchange.com/) this innovative research programme combines environmental education with consumer action, to empower young people to choose a more sustainable future. Funded by cross-sector stakeholders including toy manufacturers, distributors/retail, and children’s publishers, the programme will drive a nationwide call to action, across local government, schools, retail, children’s brands, toy, publishing, and broadcast partners, to reuse and recycle toys and tech in dedicated collection points in schools and retailers. Schools and communities will then benefit from books and reading resources. Schools in the UK can sign up now here: www.recycle2read.org
Participant
Organisation Name:
WeBuyAnyPhone
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Fareham
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
14th October 2021
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Social media, News release
Description: WeBuyAnyPhone.com will be raising awareness of International E-Waste Day 2021 via a blog post and an awareness email to our database of customers. We will also share the blog post and some facts via social media accounts.
Participant
Organisation Name:
Zixtel Ltd
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Wetherby
Country:
United Kingdom
Date(s):
12th - 19th October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media
Description: Offering decades of experience in buying and selling refurbished IT equipment, we are proud to be an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) which means we can buy, refurbish or recycle your E-waste in house, securely destroying any data in the process.
As Part of raising awareness of IEWD we will be posting a series of IEWD messages and facts across our social media channels. As one of the only IT hardware suppliers in the UK with a technical refurbishment team and E-waste recycling plant in house, we are a truly circular business and send nothing to landfill, through our IEWD campaign we aim to encourage other businesses to become circular too.
As part of the IEWD campaign we would like to highlight our all year round FREE e-waste refurbishment or recycling service. (Exclusions apply) Contact us today to arrange delivery to our facility or for a no obligation collection quote.
As Part of raising awareness of IEWD we will be posting a series of IEWD messages and facts across our social media channels. As one of the only IT hardware suppliers in the UK with a technical refurbishment team and E-waste recycling plant in house, we are a truly circular business and send nothing to landfill, through our IEWD campaign we aim to encourage other businesses to become circular too.
As part of the IEWD campaign we would like to highlight our all year round FREE e-waste refurbishment or recycling service. (Exclusions apply) Contact us today to arrange delivery to our facility or for a no obligation collection quote.
About
The WEEE Forum a.i.s.b.l. is an international association representing 51 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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