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The Final Conference for the presentation of the final results and achievements of the LIFE RE-WEEE project was successfully held on 9 and 12 November 2020, organized by RREUSE as webinar. The Conference was conducted in 3 sessions:
• Session 1 - Developing a WEEE prevention, repair and re-use culture in Europe.
• Session 2 – The development of standards and technical requirements for WEEE preparing for re-use activities.
• Session 3 – WEEE prevention and preparing for re-use in the EU.
The Conference had 69 participants by 12 EU member states, covering a wide range of stakeholders. The participants, as well as the speakers, were representatives of the European Commission, local authorities, NGOs, Universities, Producer Responsibility Organisations, research institutes, auditors, EEE manufacturers and stakeholders by the whole stages of WEEE management chain. Following the presentations, debate among the stakeholders took place on the future of WEEE prevention and preparing for re-use in the EU, the project sustainability and the After Life actions.
The agenda of the Conference was as following:
Session 1 – Developing a WEEE prevention, repair and re-use culture in Europe
Welcome and short introduction
Promotion and support of the WEEE prevention culture in Greece
Katia Lasaridi – ReWEEE - Harokopio University of Athens
Let’s re-use, refurbish, repair! A European Right to Repair Campaign
Chloé Mikolajczak – The Restart Project
Jana Zurkova – Tournevie
Q&A Session
Moderated by Kelly Piron - RREUSE
Session 2: The development of standards and technical requirements for WEEE preparing for re-use activities
Welcome and short introduction
Dr. Efi Tritopoulou – REWEEE – Hellenic Recycling Agency (HRA)
Study on minimum WEEE treatment requirements
Maria Tesar – Umweltbundesamt
Benefits of setting higher e-waste minimum quality standards in Europe
Fanny Rateau – ECOS
WEEE preparing for re-use standards at EU level
Astrid Lebrun-Frisdal – ECOSYSTEM
Q&A Session
Moderated by Michal Len – RREUSE
Session 3: WEEE prevention and preparing for re-use in the EU
Welcome and short introduction
Keynote speech – Circular Electronics Initiative: what it brings in relation to WEEE
Maria Banti – Policy Officer - European Commission – DG ENVI - Circular Economy and Green Growth - Waste Management and Secondary Materials
The development of WEEE Sorting Centres in Greece
Haris Angelakopoulos – ReWEEE Project Manager - Electrocycle
The role of social enterprise in WEEE prevention and re-use
Mathieu Rama – Senior Policy Officer - RREUSE
The preparing for re-use of WEEE in Spain with AERESS
José Manuel Portas – Project Manager - AERESS
Q&A Session
Moderated by Mathieu Rama - RREUSE
