E6 project

Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): 🚨 13.5 million tonnes of electrical and electronic equipment is put on the market 🚨 4.9 million tonnes of e-waste is collected 🚨 11 kilogrammes e-waste is collected per person Source: https://lnkd.in/ecTW5Kp9

Waste from electrical and electronic equipment is one of the fastest growing waste streams globally. The Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) funded #E6project involves 19 partners across Europe to promote the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy by facilitating Re-use, Repair, and Refurbishment (RRR) practices. Learn more about the project: https://e6.nweurope.eu/

Embracing Re-use, Repair, and Refurbishment: building a sustainable future together! The exchange of experience process begins with the #E6project to establish, grow, and foster a self-sustaining repair ecosystem. Read more: https://lnkd.in/duaviK_X

Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) Annual Event – Ready, get set, cooperate! https://lnkd.in/eYBM2SSX

'This is Europe', the #interreg podcast > "Recycling is Silver, Reuse is Gold": https://lnkd.in/dWPhqBE4

👌 Excellent news! European Parliament adoptes the 'right to repair' directive! Did you know that promoting repair improves the sustainable consumption of goods by consumers? 😃

#E6project partner Institute for Small Business Economics at the Georg‐August‐University Goettingen (ifh Göttingen) about our recent kick-off meeting in Belgium: "Auftakttreffen des europäischen Kooperationsprojektes E6 in Leuven" https://lnkd.in/ecbJ9-7i

“Your vacuum cleaner, washing machine or laptop breaks down. What are you doing then? Will you have it repaired or will you buy a new one? That is not an easy question, because on what information do you make a choice? And who can support you with this?” According to our E6 project partner Frank Stiksma, not only consumers struggle with that question, but also thrift stores and waste collectors. “How do you assess the technical, functional and economic value of a discarded electrical appliance?” Read the whole news item: https://lnkd.in/eB9UgMTD Saxion University of Applied Sciences

Do I have broken my vacuum cleaner, washing machine or laptop? Do I fix it or do I buy a new one? 🤔 It's a question that every consumer has to deal with. To make the transition to a circular economy, 'repairing' must become our first reflex. At the moment, that is still too often 'buying'. The #E6project will investigate what it will take to change this standard. Frank Stiksma, principal researcher in the Circular Economy at the Lectoraat Regio-ontwikkeling | Saxion, is working on the project and tells us more about it. 👇

The municipality of Apeldoorn / Gemeente Apeldoorn is participating in our #E6project to reduce the waste mountain of e-waste. How do we ensure that electrical and electronic equipment is used for as long as possible? This question is central to our project. E6 ensures a longer lifespan of electrical and electronic equipment. Because... did you know? We share an interesting fact from our partners: about 62 million tons of e-waste is thrown away every year. That's 6,130 Eiffel Towers! This is expected to grow to 82 million tons by 2030, 8,130 Eiffel Towers!