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European Waste Reduction Week - 2008 Pilot Edition
From 20 to 30 November 2008,
Europe danced to the tune of waste reduction!
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This 2008 pilot edition prepared the ground for the first official European Waste Reduction Week, which will take place in November 2009 in the framework of an EU LIFE+ project submitted by ADEME (French Agency for Environment and Energy Management) with ACR+ and the regions of Brussels, Catalonia and Porto as partners.
- Web portal of the pilot edition: http://www.wastereductionweek-pilotedition.eu
- ACR+ Press Kit (21 Nov 2008): English - French
- Promising Results in 2008!
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Participants in the 2008 Pilot Edition
Check out the websites of the participants to know more about what they did during the 2008 pilot edition.
Coordinator of the LIFE+ project
ADEME - www.reduisonsnosdechets.fr
LIFE+ Partners
ACR+ -
During the 2008 pilot edition of the European Waste Reduction Week, ACR+ will carry out the following actions:
- Publication of a Campaign Handbook on Waste Reduction (in French and English). This guide is one of the tools created within the ACR+ European Campaign for Waste Reduction.
SEE PRESS RELEASE 28 NOV 2008: ENGLISH - FRANCAIS
. - Publication of reports from the “Organic Waste” and “Packaging” technical groups of the European Campaign for Waste Reduction (for members only).
. - Co-organisation, in partnership with the Brussels-Capital Region, of an international conference entitled “Organic Waste in Urban Environments – New European Challenges”, which will take place on 20 and 21 November at the Committee of the Regions (Brussels).
This event will close, on the eve of European Week, with a round-table discussion on the European policy of organic waste prevention and recycling, with high-level representatives who will give their point of view on the following three questions:
- What will the new Framework Directive bring?
- What additional legal measures are needed for organic waste?
- How can a European Waste Reduction Week be supported?
ARC (Catalan Waste Agency) - www.arc-cat.net/ca/ccr/setmanareduccio.html
Bruxelles Environnement - www.bruxellesenvironnement.be
LIPOR (Grand Porto) - www.eunaofacolixo.com
Other ACR+ Members
FPRC (Catalan Foundation for Waste Prevention) - www.residusiconsum.org
Gipuzkoa - www4.gipuzkoa.net/medioambiente/gipuzkoaingurumena/es/home.asp
North London - www.nlwa.gov.uk/yourwaste.php
Pamplona Region - www.mcp.es
Walloon Region - http://environnement.wallonie.be
Other initiative : Italy
Rifiuti 21 Network http://www.a21italy.it/a21italy/cerr_08.php