Meet us at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo
Come and meet us at Stand 114 from 30 November to 1 December at the Exhibition Centre in Frankfurt, Germany
The third edition of the E-Waste World Conference & Expo is expected to see more than 80 exhibitors and more than 1,000 participants from politics, business and science who will discuss current topics related to the collection and recycling of WEEE.
Among the 140 speakers at the conference is Wojtek Swietochowski, Head of Global Sales at Landbell Group. Wojtek will give one of the keynote presentations on “Sustainability and Producer Responsibility Organizations” as part of the “Green & Sustainable Electronics” category on the first conference day.
Landbell Group will also have Stand 114 in the exhibition hall to discuss e-waste with visitors.
Topics of the event include recycling and material recovery technologies, green electronics, sustainable materials, non-toxic substitutes, end-of-life strategies, and regulatory and business models.
Register for the event here.
Have you met Hermit Leer?
New campaign in Austria to raise awareness among consumers to properly dispose of waste portable batteries
Have you met Hermit Leer? Hermit plays the main role in a new information campaign in Austria. The campaign was launched on 19 July by ERP Austria together with the Austrian Ministry for Climate Protection and other partners from the public and trade sector, as well as a battery manufacturer.
The campaign is all about Hermit, a battery, and his “empty” friends who probably all of us have at home. Batteries contain many valuable raw materials that can be reused if recycled properly. In addition, the incorrect storage or disposal of lithium batteries can lead to fire hazards – both at home and during waste management operations.
While Austria met the required 45% collection rate for waste portable batteries last year with 48%, the target was only just met in 2019 with 45%. The campaign is therefore designed to help increase the collection rate even more in the future.
The two-year campaign includes newspaper articles, radio advertising and social media campaigns, as well as collection boxes for waste batteries in major stores.
Visit the campaign’s website here.
Electrifying clothes: Mode for Recycling!
Another fantastic finale for ERP Poland’s eye-catching environmental campaign
Mode for Recycling is a very special initiative in which environmental protection meets fashion and art.
Polish clothes designer, Anna Kubisz invited children and teenagers to make creations from parts taken from electronic waste. In the process, the young people learned what to do with e-waste and used batteries.
“It is very important to separate waste carefully, especially the most dangerous waste to the environment, such as electronic waste,” explains Anna Kubisz. “But the most important thing is not to produce new garbage or new clothes.”
“It is said that the amount of clothes circulating in the world now is so large that it is enough for all the inhabitants of the Earth and it’s not necessary to produce new ones. The new trend is to appear in the same dress several times, change accessories, use something that you already have in the wardrobe and give a second life to clothes!”
The second edition of Mode for Recycling ended on 2 September 2021 with a star-studded fashion show. Polish theatre and TV stars showed off the beautiful eco-clothes, watched by all the young people involved in the workshops who came to see their work.
ERP Poland is grateful to Anna Kubisz for being so generous with her talent and would like to thank all the communities and cities that participated in the campaign.
“Most importantly, we would like to thank all the children and young people who worked so hard at the workshops,” acknowledged Mikolaj Józefowicz, head of ERP Poland. “We are happy that our initiative attracted so many young people. It is uplifting to see that the new generation is willing to work hard and is open to the idea of a new world based on a circular economy. We would also like to give thanks to the media who covered our project extensively.”
You can check out the fashion show – and other campaigns – on ERP Poland’s YouTube channel.