ECOTIC activities and results for the 1st semester of 2014

de | October. 28, 2014 | News

ECOTIC and ECOTIC BAT team were very active in the first part of this year.

We manage over 5000 tons of WEEE and 33 tons of DBA, as indicated by the ECOTIC Board of Directors

WEEE and waste of batteries collection infrastructure increased to 399 for electronics and to 2966 for batteries. New ECOTIC and ECOTIC BAT containers can be found in Altex, Media Galaxy, Metro, Penny XXL, Mega Image and in Two Steps.

ECOTIC continued with the implementation of WEEELABEX standards, by dedicating many hours for our partners in handling operations, creating lots of reference and systematization of flows. Examples of how to recycle WEEE were detailed in our articles:

- How treatment operations are checked by our representatives

-How a monitor is recycled

- How a CPU is recycled

- How the refrigerating equipment is recycled

An interesting study on WEEE collected revealed that most of the WEEE in the rural area is historical.

In June,  ECOTIC received the approval to develop the project "ECOTIC Caravan", an extensive awareness-raising project, co-financed by the European Union through the Life + program, which requires an itinerant exhibition of WEEE. The Caravan that will reach 150 schools and 30 public places over the next two years.

Meanwhile, ECOTIC finalized the Swiss funded project: “RRResponsible: Act responsible, act solidary - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, providing a new opportunity for disadvantaged people ”and the contest ECOScolarul, that was developed in 12 schools and 12 communities.

Other ECOTIC and ECOTIC BAT awareness raising projects that were developed in the first part of the year are the following:

-Recycle with ECOTIC-project dedicated to B2B

- You recycle, we reward you - environmental education campaign in schools

-Together for a clean environment-collection and awareness campaign in Botosani

-Be our hero! Recycle! ECOTIC and Recolamp reward you! - METRO, Baneasa

-Together for a clean environment-collection and awareness raising campaign in Iasi

-Kids are great achievers too -campaign in kindergartens, waste of batteries dedicated project

-Be our hero! Recycle! -campaign in Media Galaxy, Military

Other actions that deserve to be mentioned are:

-Open day at recycling-event dedicated to ECOTIC producers on the occasion of world environment day

-Different school activities

- Seminars with the local authorities

-Forestation Day

-Participation at Culture wheelbarrow

- Involvement in the social project - Assoclic, 2014

ECOTIC hosted the WEEE Forum general meeting in Bucharest where a new President was chosen who will represent the organizations at the European level.

ECOTIC became involved in related legislative debates on waste management field, participating in public debate on the implementation of the new WEEE directive, as well as expressed opinions and points of view, that were sent to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes. ECOTIC joined the group „Romania Initiative 2020 ″, in which members are debating ways of improving the legal framework.

We participated in the debate over the new law on sanitation and at which attended the Environment Minister - Attila Korodi.

Members of the team held presentations at events like: European Recycling Society-natural resources and waste management, Global Challenges-local approach: recycling saves resources.

Together for a clean environment!