Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-10-08

Description

Description (EN):

Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is one of the leader growing waste in Europe, while, from 2019, WEEE Directive establish a minimum collection rate of 65% of all WEEE placed on the market in the preceding 3 years. Different countries, even different regions, means different directives and initiatives launched in the ground to manage WEEE. This is the case of the PROJECT areas, with partners from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Austria, representing 8 cities and regions which have important differences in their management of WEEE. Another issue that affect these regions is the illegal WEEE shipment. There are frequent cases of illegal transfer of WEEE between countries, and Central Europe countries are very exposed to this problem with 7 countries reporting violations of illegal shipments in the last 5 years. The unification of waste management criteria in the TRANSNATIONAL CE area is essential, since otherwise it could facilitate the dynamization of the illegal movement of WEEE from areas with stricter regulations towards areas with more permissive regulations. To avoid and stop this threat, it is necessary to take into account TRANSNATIONAL COMMON MANAGEMENT criteria, joint planning, and coordinated promotion. This is why 8 public administrations have joined effort to reach Circular WEEEP OBJECTIVE, to implement better local and regional models for management of WEEE, covering the main recommendations of the “Circular Electronics Initiative” from the EU Circular Economy AP. Partners will develop a Joint Strategy for Transnational WEEEP management, implementing it in 6 Action Plans, which will test 5 innovative pilot actions: - WEEE design - WEEE collect /market - WEEE social - WEEE lives - WEEE aware Action Plans and pilots will promote the implementation of large scale solutions, and the establishment of long-term commitments for transnational cooperation for a joint WEEE management.

Actual Achievements (EN):

LP-CTU together with the project partners started actively work on deliverables and outputs to reach deadlines for the Monitoring Plan and for activities in the project. During this reporting period, partners actively engaged in coordination Work Package 1 under the leading of BOKU. Partners actively contacted local stakeholders to engage them into the project and collected statistical questionnaires from them (140 questionnaires collected). This aimed to enhance insights into local e-waste management practices and stakeholder perspective, facilitating electronic material reuse and recycling efforts. ASSO designed the questionnaire content together with the LP, ensuring coherence, distribution in local languages and monitor the progress. The collected data assisted BOKU to develop Strategy and Methodology for implementing local Action Plans. Partners delivered a draft of the market assessment (MA), which will be finalized in the upcoming months. MA included the analysis of current policies, introduced the main producers/consumers and included best practice cases in partners regions regarding the WEEE market. Thanks to the Interregional Meetings and online meetings partners see that is crucial for ensuring coherence and synergy among different stakeholders. Exchange of experience and the GPs, information will increase the project’s likelihood of success. Each partner created local stakeholder group including various companies, institutions and organisations dealing with waste management, including e-waste, NGOs, operators providing waste collection service, technical partners like universities, covering whole potential e-waste market. On the 19th of May 2023, CTU hosted first Interreg. meeting: Kick-off Meeting in Prague.LP in cooperation with the the Joint Secretariat introduced reporting process to the consortium, followed by the discussion on the Monitoring Plan which was set up during the first semester of the project. During the second Interr. meeting (5-6 December 2024,Italy) project consortium under the leading by the LP discussed local Market Assessment as a main basis for creating project Action Plan. Austrian partner BOKU presented overview from the Questionnaires which were collecting during Period 1 and 2 in the project. Circular WEEEP-CE JS and tools: The initial concept of the tools and methodology for evaluation were developed with the cooperation between BOKU, RERA, ARRSA and CTU. The tool is designed not only for the WP1 but will also be implemented in the next stage of the project WP2. Despite this, there is an on-going communication between partners in the consortium, joint secretariat and the technical partners for project activities and progress monitoring. Project partners were guided by the LP in the process of reporting to the FLC. During this reporting period project partners hosted several stakeholder meetings, workshops (to demonstrate WEEE Upcycling in practice) and meetings with the Managing Authorities to present the processes of the e-waste collection and how to recover as many raw materials as possible. PP3-Rogaška Slatina together with PP4-CPU organized workshops, meetings or repair caffe’s events: - On October 24th 2023 Municipality and CPU Slovenske Konjice organized a workshop to present different categories of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and demonstrate WEEE UPCYCLING. - On January 17th 2024, partners participated in an annual stakeholders meeting which took place in Technopark Celje, Slovenia. - On March 22nd 2024, Municipality together with CPU Slovenske Konjice organized a REPAIR CAFÉ workshop in CPU Slovenske Konjice. PP4 CPU held a meeting with representatives of the town Ormož on 15th February 2024. On February 3, 2024, the Centre for Reuse (CPU) in Ljubljana hosted a thriving Repair Café workshop, marking a significant stride towards a more sustainable future. The event drew in a diverse crowd of participants, all eager to breathe new life into their belongings. PP5-RERA organised a workshop for fourth-grade elementary students in Split on 25th March 2024, focusing on sustainable living practices and environmental conservation. PP10 Lublin 2 meetings with key stakeholders in Lublin. On December 5th 2023, at the Polish Recycling Corporation plant at Metalurgiczna Street was presented the processes that waste electrical and electronic equipment is subjected to in order to recover as many raw materials as possible. On December 13th 2023, a debate on waste management took place in Lublin. The main groups of participants were teachers, youth, representatives of Lublin City Council, Deputy Mayor of Lublin. PP12 Gdansk: First LSG meeting in Gdansk took place on 28.06.2023. The meeting was attended by 24 representatives. The second LSG meeting in Gdansk took place on 11.12.2023 attended by 15 representatives of various companies, institutions and organizations dealing with waste, including e-waste, management. In this reporting period, LP-CTU together with the project partners actively worked on Work Package 2-Pilot Actions. 3 Interregional Meetings were held during the Period 3 & 4. Interregional Meeting 3 in Rogaška Slatina – Slovenia between 10-11th April 2024 hosted by PP3 partner Rogaška Slatina Interregional Meeting 4 in Bratislava – Slovakia between 19-20th September 2024 hosted by PP7- MČ Bratislava Interregional Meeting 5 in Szczyrk – Poland between 26-27th March 2025 hosted by PP8- ARRSA The third Interregioanl Meeting hosted in Slovenia on 10 & 11 April 2024 by the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina (PP3) and PP4, REUSE center (CPU) marked the start of WP2 with exchange of ideas, and discussions of the project's activities for pilot actions (WEEE design, WEEE lives, WEEE collect- WEEE market, WEEE social, WEEE aware). Pilot actions were jointly designed based on regional AP details and WP1 market assessment. During the fourth Interregional Meeting in Bratislava (19-20 September 2024) project consortium got insights of developed testing pilots at small scale. For each pilot actions, participating partners provided a roadmap, detailing actions, time, resources and responsible of tasks. Thanks to regular online meetings, participating partners in pilot actions could easily cooperate, check on-going activities and support each other for implementation. The fifth Interregional meeting in Szczyrk – Poland (26-27 March 2025), marked the end of the 5 pilots testing to present the feasibility and deliverables to the project consortium and start to find Pilot Action's solutions. During this reporting period, PP2-PoR coordinated Work Package 2 and the associated Pilot Actions in partnership with the technical partner PP6-ASSO. This collaboration enabled the team to leverage ASSO's expertise and resources, which were essential for the successful execution of the pilot initiatives. Both partners provided data collection, stakeholders contact and engagement, in order to provide data necessary for the implementation of the web platform that constitutes the WEEE COLLECT and WEEE MARKET pilot action. This effort aimed to gather: 1. insights into local electronic waste management practices and stakeholder perspectives about enhancing electronic material reuse and recycling initiatives. 2. Provide information on how e-waste collection is performed in Rimini Area, what are the collection centres available, opening hours, categories of waste collected etc. 3. Assisted ASSO, giving insight on the webplatform visuals and functioning The platform was launched on January 1, 2025, actively promoted its use through its institutional channels, including its website and press releases, which effectively raised awareness of the tool within the province. The proactive outreach efforts included workshops and presentations designed to educate potential users about the platform's benefits, encouraging greater participation and engagement from the community. Link to the platform you can find here: www.cweeepplatform.com During this reporting period were finished Regional/Local Action Plans - reported to the JS as the Milestone 3 in the project. Transnational Action Plan for WEEEP CE was created and shared at Project website. LP-CTU & RERA & ASSO finisned final version of the Online Self-Assessment tool and reported to the JS. Project partners held several dissemination activities during this reporting period, especially through the Pilot Actions WEEE Aware and WEEE Lives where LP-CTU, PP4-CPU, PP7 Bratislava and PP10-Lublin were sharing awareness and information about e-waste and Circular WEEEP project among students and public. These Pilot Actions and its implementation were the main part of stakeholder meetings and workshops which project partners held during Period 3 & 4. PP8 ARRSA, PP9 Bielsko-Biala and PP12 Gdaňsk actively worked on the developement of WEEE Social Pilot in Poland region. Technical Board, under the PP5-RERA leading worked on the WEEE Design Pilot Action. Technical parner BOKU supported WEEE Design Activities: An initial questionnaire was developed to initiate communication with EEE producers and assess their willingness to participate in discussions on eco-design and open data initiatives. An internal manual and assessment tools were also created to help producers evaluate the sustainability of their products and identify areas for improvement. Additionally, a draft structure for an open data platform was developed to support the promotion of reuse, repair, and second-life applications for EEE products. LP-CTU prepared draft of the future Cooperation Agreement for long-term Transnational WEEEP Management in CE which is under the revision of each project partner.

Project outputs: Organisations cooperating across borders in the assessment of the WEEEP sector, the Methodolgy agreement, the online system design and the involvement of key actors. (EN)
Strategy for Transnational WEEEP-CE management and its customization into Transnational Action Plan for WEEEP-CE management contaning 6 Local or Regional Action Plans(EN)
Pilot actions to demonstrate and test at small scale the feasibility and effectiveness of 5 innovative approaches prior to applying the solution to the full consortium and program Area(EN)
Digital, company and citizens solutions for better WEEE management(EN)
Website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/circular-weeep/

Thematic information

Waste and pollution

Priority: (VI-B_CE_2) Cooperating for a greener central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 067 Household waste management: prevention, minimisation, sorting, reuse, recycling measures

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: České vysoké učení technické v Praze

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999848744

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ68407700 | 68407700 | identification number (EN)

Department: University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings

Address: Jugoslávských Partyzánů, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Department address: Třinecká, 273 43 Buštěhrad, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.cvut.cz/en

Total budget: EUR 356 900.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 285 520.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 71 380.00

Contractors:

Name: Santa Cruz Ingeniería
VAT registration or tax identification number: ESB9118983
Name: Vector Horizonte Arram Innovac
VAT registration or tax identification number: ESB06692396
Name: FUNDEUTAD SL
VAT registration or tax identification number: ESB06757165

Gmina Miasta Gdańsk

Name: Gmina Miasta Gdańsk

Department: Community Facilities Management

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 986156418

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL5830011969

Address: Nowe Ogrody , 80-803 Gdańsk, Poland

Department address: Nowe Ogrody , 80-803 Gdańsk, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.gdansk.pl

Total budget: EUR 95 200.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 76 160.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 19 040.00

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Department für Bautechnik und Naturgefahren

Name: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Department für Bautechnik und Naturgefahren

Department: Department Water, Atmosphere and Environment; Institute of Waste Management

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999987357

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU16285008

Address: Gregor Mendel Strasse, 1180 Wien, Austria

Department address: Muthgasse, 1190 Wien, Austria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://boku.ac.at/en/

Total budget: EUR 268 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 215 040.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 53 760.00

Gmina Lublin

Name: Gmina Lublin

Department: Lublin City Hall

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 431019514

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL9462575811

Address: Plac Króla Władysława Łokietka, 20-109 Lublin, Poland

Department address: Plac Króla Władysława Łokietka, 20-109 Lublin, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://lublin.eu/en/

Total budget: EUR 112 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 89 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 22 400.00

Powiat Bielski

Name: Powiat Bielski

Department: Starostwo Powiatowe w Bielsku-Białej

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL9372185644

Address: Cieszyńska, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Department address: Cieszyńska, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.powiat.bielsko.pl

Total budget: EUR 175 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 140 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 35 000.00

Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. w Bielsku-Białej

Name: Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. w Bielsku-Białej

Department: International Project Department

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL5470168981

Address: Cieszyńska, 365 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Department address: Cieszyńska, 365 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: https://arrsa.pl/

Total budget: EUR 184 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 147 840.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 960.00

Mestská časť Bratislava – Staré Mesto

Name: Mestská časť Bratislava – Staré Mesto

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00603147 | National Tax Number (EN)

Address: Vajanskeho nabrezie , 814 21 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.staremesto.sk

Total budget: EUR 189 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 151 200.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 37 800.00

ASSO - Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

Name: ASSO - Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 898852053

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT04356920407 | 90030110390 | FISCAL CODE (EN)

Address: Via Pirandello, 37138 Verona, Italy

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.associazioneasso.it

Total budget: EUR 182 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 146 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 500.00

Contractors:

Name: VAI
VAT registration or tax identification number: ESB06692396
Name: Davor Cerljenko/AGENDA
VAT registration or tax identification number: 87608771686
Name: ASK Development
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI75907984
Name: SUZZI FRANCESCO
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT04605640400
Name: MAURO GUERRA
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02027320411
Name: Marco Affronte
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04476310406
Name: NICOLA MONTEVECCHI
VAT registration or tax identification number: MNTNCL70D05H294L

CENTER PONOVNE UPORABE d.o.o., SO.P.

Name: CENTER PONOVNE UPORABE d.o.o., SO.P.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 929304621

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI76950972

Address: VRAZOVA ULICA 9, 2270 ORMOŽ, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: https://www.cpu-reuse.com/

Total budget: EUR 239 400.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 191 520.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 47 880.00

ROGAŠKA SLATINA

Name: ROGAŠKA SLATINA

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI84699825

Address: Izieniska ulica, 3250 Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.rogaska-slatina.si/si/

Total budget: EUR 77 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 61 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 15 400.00

Provincia di Rimini

Name: Provincia di Rimini

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT91023860405

Address: Via Dario Campana, 47922 Rimini, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.provincia.rimini.it/hh/index.php

Total budget: EUR 208 160.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 166 528.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 632.00

Contractors:

Name: FinProject s.r.l.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03864170406
Name: Sanchi Gianluca
VAT registration or tax identification number: SNCGLC67C10H294X

Javna ustanova RERA S.D za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko-dalmatinske županije

Name: Javna ustanova RERA S.D za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko-dalmatinske županije

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891314280

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR40887282015

Address: DOMOVINSKOG RATA, 21000 SPLIT, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.rera.hr

Total budget: EUR 255 850.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 204 680.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 51 170.00

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Municipality of Gdańsk

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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

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Gmina Lublin

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Bielsko district

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Regional Development Agency Bielsko-Biala

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Bratislava Old Town

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ASSO Agency for Sustainable Development

Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

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REUSE CENTER

Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

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MUNICIPALITY ROGAŠKA SLATINA

Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

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Province of Rimini

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České Vysoké Učení Technicke v Praze

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Public Institution RERA S.D for Coordination and Development of Split Dalmatia County

Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

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Summary

Project name (EN): Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

Project acronym: Circular WEEEP

Project ID: CE0100183

Project start date: 2023-04-01

Project end date: 2026-03-31

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

EEA and Norway Grants
(not yet published) (EN) | Gdansk has just been granted with one new project financed from the Norwegian Fund, which will be integrated in the pilots to be developed in the city.
The subject of the project is the implementation of an internet platform connecting the client with the service provider, as well residents among themselves. The platform will be a tool for social rebuilding the habit of repairing and exchanging everyday items and food.
The e-platform with a free pickup service will respond to needs and encourage residents to use the services handcraft. At the same time, the platform will be a municipal system for obtaining repair services and a place to exchange unnecessary items. It is dedicated to the repair of everyday things, such as footwear, tailor's repairs or small household appliances.
In future it would be possible to include the system developed under the WEEE project concerning electrical and electronic equipment.
(EN), European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)
https://ewwr.eu/
Funded by:
LIFE+
ACR+, the Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management;
AICA, the International Association for Environmental Communication (Italy)
ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency (Catalonia, Spain)
Bruxelles Environnement/Leefmilieu Brussel (Belgium)
NWMD, the National Waste Management Directorate for Hungary
ADEME, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (EN) | The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is the biggest campaign to raise awareness about waste prevention in Europe. Driven by local and regional public authorities, we bring together all sorts of other actors — citizens, schools, businesses, NGOs, associations — who organise activities to raise awareness about waste reduction.
The Week is a week in November; normally the penultimate or last week of the month about sustainable consumption and circular economy in their communities.
EWWR’s objectives are:
- to raise awareness about waste reduction, product reuse and material recycling strategies, and related European Union and Member States policies,
- to highlight the work accomplished by EWWR participants,
- to mobilise and encourage European citizens to concentrate on four key action themes,
- to reinforce EWWR stakeholders’ capacities by providing them with targeted communication tools and training.
EWWR has many thematic tools, which will be very valuable for the different communication activities of the project, in order to easy the key actors involvement in the technical activities.
Materials will be also used in the WEEE aware pilot and solution, while the project will use the Week to increase the visibility of the project by participating in it.
(EN), WEEE forum
https://weee-forum.org/
Members funding (EN) | The WEEE Forum is the world's largest multi-national centre of competence as regards operational know-how concerning the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (or ‘WEEE’, for short). It is a not-for-profit association of 44 WEEE producer responsibility organisations across the world and was founded in April 2002.
Through exchange of best practice and access to its reputable knowledge base toolbox, the WEEE Forum enables to improve operations and be known as promoters of the circular economy.
The WEEE Forum is a globally unique platform for facilitating knowledge and best practice exchange between organisations across the WEEE value chain. Their focus is to help not-for-profit producer responsibility organisations in their pursuit to continuously improve their e-waste management strategies and techniques. A beacon of excellence. They are committed to advancing the cause of a circular economy and to help Europe remain a pioneer and a source of inspiration for the rest of the world.
WEEE forum will be useful in several project actions and task, such as the market assessment, where key actors are to be involved, due to the forum has a large list of members which can be involved thanks to one unique interlocutor. Also communication, awareness and transferability will be reinforced if the forum support the Circular WEEE project.
Another example is WF-RepTool, a web-based software platform that allows the assessment of companies to analyse recycling and recovery quotas.
(EN), InnoWEEE
http://www.innoweee.eu/en/home
Supported by EIT Climate-KIC
(EN) | InnoWEEE aims to improve the traceability and data collection of the WEEE value chain. A new management model for WEEE collection to boost recovery, reuse and recycling
Collection, Reuse and Recycling. A second life for Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
Promoting citizens and students behavioural change toward sustainability.
smart bins, dedicated educational pathways and rewarding systems will ensure
a second life for WEEE and used EEE.
InnoWEEE aims to increase the WEEE collection through innovative strategies such as the use of smart bins and the implementation of a web-platform, which will be tested in three pilot areas. The project aims to put into practice efficient processes for the valorisation of resources, both through the regeneration and re-use of still usable devices, and through the correct recycling and evaluation of valuable materials that can be reintroduced into the production cycle. InnoWEEE intends to use localization services for the collection and transport flows of the appliances collected throughout the supply chain, from the transfer to the recovery and recycling phases, through a web platform based on interoperable data and standard ICT protocols.
InnoWEEE project is under application in north Italy, covering CE areas through 3 pilot actions. The results for the collecting, their campaigns and the material used could be a very interesting feedback into the definition and implementation of the WEEE collect and WEEE market to be implemented in Italy and Czech Republic.
(EN), E-waste race
https://www.ewasterace.com/home
(EN) | The E-waste Race is a competition between schools in a region to collect as much electronic waste as possible from people in the neighborhood. During an E-waste Race, local residents can register their electronic waste lying around on this website. Students and local residents then make an appointment to have the waste collected from their home. Upon collection of the e-waste, the school scores points which are tallied within our platform. After four weeks, the winner will be announced who will win a great school trip. The E-waste race makes collecting electronic waste fun, educational and easy!
The E-waste Race works together with local municipalities and local waste companies. The e-waste that is collected at schools is properly disposed of and recycled by these parties.
The NGO has been organizing E-waste Races in the Netherlands since 2014.
93 E-waste Races since 2014
932 Teams from different schools
1.655.459 Devices collected
14.017 kg Average collected kilos per E-waste Race
20.185 kg Average CO2 emissions saved per E-waste Race
The E-waste Race has had impressive results in a short time proving that well aimed campaigns can mobilize the citizens and achieve good long-term results.
The project will use their information, cooperate with them and try to get involved in their model when defining the awareness and the pillot actions WEEE aware, WEEE lives, WEEE collect.
(EN), Ellen MacArthur Foundation
https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Funding from UN, EC, EU Governments.
(EN) | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy, and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally.
The Foundation is a reference in the promotion of waste circularity and, working with reference international administrations, has created evidence-based researches on the benefits of a circular economy, and how it can contribute to solving global challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss. They have ample public research exploring the opportunities across stakeholders and sectors, and highlight examples of how circular economy principles are being put into practice today.
As the Foundation is open to support organisations and individuals with formal learning opportunities through circular economy courses, and create resources for teachers and academics, the project will use the resources to be implemented in campaigns on the schools and the city halls (WEEE aware, WEEE lives).
(EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 344 610.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 875 688.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 875 688.00. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Conclusions on the Central Europe WEEP assessment
Strategy for Transnational WEEEP-CE management and Methodology to implement it.
Circular WEEEP-CE JS and tools
Transnational Action Plan for WEEEP-CE management contaning 6 Local or Regional APs
Pilot Action Roadmaps for a proper participative pilot action implementation.
WEEE DESIGN evaluation and conclusions for application of WEE design Solution.
WEEE LIVES evaluation and conclusions for application of WEE lives Solution.
WEEE SOCIAL evaluation and conclusions for application of WEE social Solution.
WEEE COLLET and WEEE MARKET evaluation and conclusions for application of WEE Collet Solution.
WEEE AWARE evaluation and conclusions for application of WEE aware Solution.
Draft Cooperation Agreement for long-term Transnational WEEEP Management in CE,
Endorsed Cooperation Agreement for long-term Transnational WEEEP Management in CE
Digital WEEE market
Digital WEEE collect service
CE awareness campaign

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EuropeanGreenDeal The European Commission adopted the new circular economy action plan (CEAP) in March 2020. It is one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth.
Interreg CE Program states that project actions should be in line with the EU Green Deal and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and therefore improve product life cycles, promote circular economy processes and foster sustainable consumption (refuse; rethink; reduce; reuse; repair; refurbish; remanufacture; repurpose; recycle; recover).
Circular WEEEP fully aims at this objective covering the sustainable consumption in the full range of options to better manage the WEEEP.
In the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, WEEE is the first defined key value chains, which shows the importance of this problem to CE.
TerritorialAgenda2030 Territorial Agenda 2030 defines two overarching objectives, a Just Europe and a Green Europe, which have six priorities for developing the European territory. Greener Eu has 3 priorities, one of which is Circular Economy.
Territorial Agenda 2030 support Europe’s transition to a circular economy, supporting the development of local and regional circular economy strategies, such as it is foreseen in WP1 of Circular WEEEP.
The Agenda defines how to move to circular value chains through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling. All these aspects are covered in some of the pilot actions and planned solutions of the project.
EUStrategyDanubeRegion The Danube Region Strategy addresses 4 pillars and 12 priority areas, being 3 of them related to Greener Europe, with Priority PA4 "Water quality" and PA6 "Biodiversity, Landscapes and Air and Soil Quality".
Even if both priorities don’t mention specific actions related to WEEE, both focuses on the protection on the environment protection in Danube area, including the reduction of pollution on water, nature and biodiversity protection.
WEEE components, such as heavy metals and batteries, are highly polluting waste, which directly affect water quality soil quality, so Circular WEEE will indirectly contribute to PA4 and PA6.
EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion The Strategy is founded on four thematic priorities/pillars, being Pillar 3 Environmental Quality, where one of the objectives is "to improve waste management by reducing waste flows to the sea".
WEEE components, such as heavy metals and batteries are main water and soil polluters, thus Circular WEEEP proposal for a better management of WEEE support the Strategy implementation.
Additionally, the current 2014 version of the Strategy doesn't mention circular economy, but the recent Commission report from March 2021 about the EUSAIR provide a clear recommendation on Pillar 3 revision, stating that in EUSAIR “newer concepts, such as circular economy, need to be included in the revised EUSAIR Action Plan”.
EUStrategyBalticSeaRegion Both Policy area Nutri and Policy area Hazards base their proposed actions on documents referred, among others, to the EU Circular Economy Strategy, the EU Circular Action plan and the EU Green Deal.
Among the actions, Action 2: Mitigate new and remediate historic contamination, from Policy area Hazards, aspires to mitigate new and remediate historic contamination, causing negative effects in the Baltic ecosystem.
In Action 2 the circular economy approach offers the possibility to develop measures and practical solutions to both getting rid of chemicals and other harmful pollution, recycling raw materials to be reused in production streams, as well as generating new data for better marine spatial planning to prevent and mitigate new sources of pollution.
EUStrategyAlpineRegion The Strategy builds upon three thematic policy areas and one cross-cutting policy area, being 3rd Thematic Policy Area "Environment and Energy" the one which includes the Action Group 6: To preserve and valorise natural resources, including water and cultural resources.
Action Group 6 describes how natural resources (such as clean and abundant water and great biodiversity) are major assets of the region and their prime objective is to preserve them and avoid any source of damage. Circular WEEEP Results, such as the Methodology will support the CE regions in the promotion of better waste management policies.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO87) Organisations cooperating across borders: 19.0
(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 2.0
(RCO84) Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects : 3.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR79) Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations: 1.0

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSBSR

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSALP

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-10-08

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

100 / 100 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 013 / 1 011 (100.2%)

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Design and test of policies for reducing, repairing, recovering and reusing waste from electrical, electronic equipment and plastic in Central Europe.

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