Orase Curate (Clean Cities), the itinerant ECOTIC campaign, dedicated to the collection of used electrical and electronic equipment from the urban environment, returns in 2019 to Timisoara.
In period April 8-12, 2019, ECOTIC in partnership with RETIM, encourages citizens to properly dispose of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for recycling, following that for handing over waste between 20 and 40 kg to receive a gift voucher of 10 lei, for waste over 40 kg will receive a gift voucher of 20 lei. People who hand over waste between 5 and 20 kg will be automatically entered in the raffle, being able to win attractive prizes.
The collection centers are located as follows:
- Ecotic Tent - Calea Sagului intersection with Ana Ipatescu no. 9, time interval 9: 00-17: 00
- Calea Torontalului no. 94; time interval 09:00 -15: 00
- WEEE collection point - Calea Şagului no. 147 / G; , during the period 09:00 -15: 00
- WEEE collection point - Calea Moşniţei no. 2; , time interval 09:00 -15: 00
- Aleea Avram Imbroane no. 70; during the time interval 09:00 -15: 00
"We try to bring the concept of separate collection of recyclable waste as close as possible to the inhabitants of TImisoara. Through these campaigns, we encourage citizens to selectively hand over recyclable waste, especially waste electrical and electronic equipment, and, implicitly, to protect the environment, ”said Marius Ungurean, ECOTIC Western Area Coordinator.
Romania, as an EU member state, has the obligation to reach a target of 45% collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) by 2020. In this regard, ECOTIC continues its efforts to raise awareness among the population.
"Clean cities" is the ECOTIC campaign that pursues this goal in the urban environment. Together with local public and environmental authorities, ECOTIC has informed and continues to inform residents of dozens of cities across the country about the need to collect WEEE, providingie specialized collection points.
In 2017 and 2018, ECOTIC carried out over 35 campaigns that informed over 400.000 people.