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Monday, September 12, 2011

LIFE+ 2011 European Week for Waste Reduction : Great expectations!

From November 19 to 27, the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) will take place, involving public authorities and a wide variety of project sponsors (government, communities, school groups or NGOs). With 524 kg of municipal waste generated on average per person in Europe (2008 Eurostat), the aim is to raise awareness of ways of reducing waste and to promote changes in production and consumption patterns.

The LIFE+ project was initiated by a group of five project partners: ADEME France, (the project beneficiary), ACR+ – Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and for sustainable Resource management (European network, Secretariat), ARC - ACR+ member (Catalonia, Spain), LIPOR-ACR+ member (Greater Porto, Portugal) and IBGE- ACR+ member (Brussels, Belgium).

During last year’s campaign, over 4 300 awareness raising actions were successfully implemented in 24 EU Member States. According to a press release from French partner ADEME, the aim in 2011 is to surpass this 2010 figure – which for France, should see more than 2 000 waste prevention efforts nationally.

Meanwhile, across the EU, the 2011 campaign will focus on the various stages of a product cycle, ranging from production and consumption to re-use. The overall aim is to inform the greatest number possible of Europeans about the simple actions that can be taken up in everyday life to help contribute to waste reduction efforts. These actions are focused on one or several of the following five themes: Too much waste – Better production – Better consumption – A longer life for products – Less waste thrown away.

A complete list of the 2011 ‘organisers and actions’ can be found on the EWWR website. At national level, EWWR 2011 will take place in Andorra, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the Dominican Republic.

Meanwhile at regional and local level, the Week is being organised in the three Belgian regions (Brussels-Capital, Flanders, Walloon), as well as the Styrian region of Austria, many parts of Spain (Asturias, Bizkaia, Catalonia, Gipuzkoa, Navarra, Valencia) and the United Kingdom (London, Scotland, Wales, the East of England region, the cities of Belfast and Warrington, and the region of Buckinghamshire), along with the Brazilian region of Minas Gerais.

Source  Press Room - LIFE + Programme

More information  Press Room - LIFE + Programme

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