The “Clean Cities” electric waste collection campaign reaches Turnu Măgurele

de | nov. 2, 2020 | Orase Curate (Clean Cities), News

Starting with January 2020, Romanians are encouraged to "be in the country as well as abroad" and to hand over waste electrical and electronic equipment responsibly.

Between November 2 and 6, 2020, ECOTIC, Turnu Măgurele City Hall and ADI Teleorman urge the inhabitants of Turnu Măgurele to properly hand over waste for electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for recycling. Each person who hands over waste of electrical equipment over 5 kg accumulated will receive an instant prize, and people who hand over waste over 19 kg accumulated will be automatically entered in the raffle, with the chance to win a microwave, bread machine or a 1 TB external hard drive.   

The collection point is located on Chimiei Street, Thermal Point no. 7, phone: 0347 405 107.

The inhabitants of Turnu Măgurele benefit from the free home collection service of large and voluminous WEEE, calling the phone number 021 9641.

“We try to sensitize the inhabitants of Turnu Măgurele on the importance of separate collection of recyclable waste, through information / awareness activities, encouraging them to selectively hand over waste that can be recycled, especially waste electrical and electronic equipment. In this sense, we come to the support of the citizens with collection points and pick-up service from home ”says Oana Fulgheci, Head of the monitoring office of the Waste Management Intercommunity Development Association, Teleorman.

"Clean Cities" Turnu Măgurele is part of the national information campaign "Be with you in the country as well as abroad", organized by ECOTIC in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests. Its purpose is to contribute to the awareness of the Romanian public regarding the correct behavior towards a type of waste: WEEE - waste electrical and electronic equipment. Through it, ECOTIC aims to promote good practices in the European Union and to inform the Romanian public on the solutions for separate collection of electrical and electronic waste available to all: electronics and home appliances stores, municipal collection points and campaigns on which ECOTIC carries out regularly, in urban and rural areas. Details about the campaign on fiiintara.ecotic.ro