Project title: Scaling up eWASTE circular economy in Adrion region
Acronym: CIRCLEWASTE
Programme: Interreg IPA ADRION Programme 2021-2027
Lead Partner: Association of Municipalities of Slovenia (SI)
Project Partners: REUSE CENTER (SI), ASSO Agency for Sustainable Development (IT), Institute for innovation & sustainable development (EL), Regional Development Agency Dubrovnik-Neretva County – DUNEA (HR), Entrepreneurship and Business Association LiNK (BA), UET Centre (AL), Municipality of Mirdita (AL), Municipality of Kicevo (MK), Association for Youth Development „European Youth Association“ (MK), Zero Waste Montenegro (ME), Municipality of Tuzi (ME)
Project Duration: 01/09/2024 – 31/08/2027
Total Project Budget: 1.577.329,00 EUR
DUNEA Budget: 156.800,00 EUR
Project Description:
The CircleWaste project deals with the scaling up eWASTE circular economy in the Adrion region. Namely, the amount of electrical and electronic waste grows much faster than other categories of waste. The objective of the 2019 EU Directive is to establish a collection rate of 65% of all eWASTE placed on the market in the last three years. However, many EU member states fail to achieve this objective. An additional problem is in the illegal disposal of such waste, which contains toxic substances and brings with it negative effects on the environment and human health.
In order to improve the circular economy of electrical and electronic waste, the project partners will develop the Transnational Strategy for promotion of eWASTE circular economy in the Adrion region, which will later be adapted to the needs of the partners and their target areas through Territorial Action Plans. Regional agency DUNEA, in cooperation with local stakeholders, will adopt a Territorial Action Plan and technical solutions that will improve the eWASTE circular economy system in Dubrovnik-Neretva County.