E-waste handling process from A to Z in Portugal

Abstract

The conference “E-waste handling process from A to Z in Portugal”, held in Portugal on May 6 and 13, 2014, and focused on the general aspects in the treatment of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) at the end of life cycle was carried out under the program EWASTEU - Legal Regulations and Implementations on e-waste in EU. This program had its first edition in 2013 in Yasar University (Izmir, Turkey), with the participation of several higher education institutions in Europe, including the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Portugal). The project aims to promote discussion, reflection and awareness about the issues related to the waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The conference allowed a clear view of the processes involving the EEE since its entry to the stages of collection, management and recycling. Among the entities involved, we highlight the ANREEE - National Association of Registration of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, ERP Portugal (one of the two managing bodies of WEEE in Portugal), Interecycling (1st Portuguese WEEE recycling company) and RESITEJO – Association of Management and Treatment of Waste in the Middle Tagus. This conference was promoted by the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Yasar University and Turkish National Agency