RoRec Projects
We launched the RoRec WEEE collection centres network
Against the clock: we launched – on average – one WEEE collection centre every week
We achieved our objective to collect 14,000 metric tons of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), we managed to collect almost 15,000 metric tons in 2009. Our collection centres network – an important source for the collection of WEEE from private households – keeps growing.
In this way, between the end of July and November, the RoRec Association opened 10 WEEE Collection centres in partnership with the town halls of Alexandria, Focşani, Galaţi, Mangalia, Reşiţa, Săcălaz, Sinaia, Tulcea, Voluntari and Vălenii de Munte, and 100 new centres are due to open before the end of 2011, according to the network development plan.
WEEE Collection Centres represent a public service, made available to the citizens by the Romanian Association for Recycling – RoRec, in partnership with local town halls. These centres are meant to help people who choose to dispose of WEEE in a responsible manner, who understand that waste recycling and collective selection are only natural.
Selective waste collection by the members of communities must become natural behaviour. Such a collection centre brings an answer to the following question: ‘Where can I take the old electrical and electronic equipment from my house?’ for those who want to dispose of WEEE in a responsible manner.
Such a centre becomes a launching base for ‘green’ public communication campaigns, a platform for dialog between local authorities and community members on the environment and other topics of interest for the community. The existence of a WEEE collection centre in a community offers the possibility to implement various WEEE collection and management programmes for waste equipment coming from private homes and companies. It is also a real support for extra-curricular educational programmes in schools and a space open to public events covering various environment-related topics.
Another important element that we take into account is the importance of avoiding the WEEE ‘parallel collection’ and disassembling practices that represent a source of pollution and an irresponsible behaviour.
How does the partnership between town halls and the RoRec Association work?
The town hall offers, free of charge, a location where the WEEE Collection Centre can be built, and the RoRec Association invests in building and equipping the centre, involving in the process as many local resources as possible. Afterwards, the RoRec Association manages the centre, creating in this way new jobs.
The RoRec Association’s attributions include running WEEE collecting campaigns, involving local resources in the process, organising media and communication campaigns, as well as creating a wider range of lucrative activities within the Collecting Centre, resulting in new jobs.
