Ecolum Participates in the European project ‘Identis Weee'

To this initiative also have added several organisations that work in this same field, the Integrated cheese cheese Systems of Management (SIG) EcolightConsortium (Italy), Foundation Ecolum (Spain) and Asociatia Environinging (Romania).

The project, that has a budget of 3,5 million euros, is cofinanciado by the European Union in the frame of the program ‘Life + Political and Gobernanza Environingingmental'. Likewise it receives the support of other Italian entities (ANCI, Federambiente and Regione Emilia Romagna) and international as it is the City council of Saragossa in the case of Spain. Of other Italian entities (ANCI, Federambiente and Regione Emilia Romagna) and international as it is the City council of Saragossa in the case of Spain.

Exist two appearances that convert to IDENTIS WEEE in an only project in Europe. In the first place, it has like aim the collected of electrical and electronic waste, especially of devices of small size and lamps of low consumption, by means of new intelligent ‘systems' of collected that they allow to identify the RAEE deposited favouring the reduction of improper. And, second, it facilitates the follow-up of this type of waste from his delivery by part of the user until his final treatment contributing a greater hygiene to avoid the theft of the same, fulfilling, of this way, the indications dictated by Strasbourg and creating an innovative system that allows to know the habits of the citizens to offer them a better service.

In this sense, results fundamental to stand out the importance of the correct management of the RAEE since, in some cases, are speaking of dangerous waste that they have to be subjected to a special treatment to avoid the broadcast of substances contaminantes to the environingingment and to recover material like plastic, glass, ironinging, aluminium and lovely metals (tungsten and palladium) that they can be entered again in cycles of production like raw materials.

The project ‘Identis Weee' set up to finals of 2011 and foresees that it have a length of five years. During this period will be able to distinguish three phases:

-In 2012 will manufacture the distinct types of containers, designed by Hera and the SIGs participants, for the storage of RAEE. There would be destined containers to the collected of small electrical devices like mobile telephones and lamps of low consumption and containers for devices of greater size, like televisions and computers, amongst other, that will place in specific centres where exist a potential of collected of this type of high waste. To control the activity of each container will use a digital system that will register information on the user, the volume of waste delivered, the data on the product and his cycle of life as well as of the material of the that is fact, guaranteeing a totally transparent process and in real time.

-In a second stage, between 2013 and 2014, will set up a pilot experience on the terrain to check the operation of this type of containers, detect incidences, develop improvements and recopilar information.

-Finally, in 2015, after the analysis of the data obtained, will spread the results.

Teresa Mejía, director of Operations of Ecolum, affirms that “the management of the electrical and electronic waste represents an important challenge for the sector of the environingingment. Compared with other types of waste, these increase to a thrice upper rhythm, by what have to encourage us in finding appropriate solutions. During the past year, Ecolum intensified his activity reaching the 542 tonnes of devices of lighted up managed according to the rule”. Besides, it adds, “with this project situate us in first line of action together with important European collaborators, estimating, with the aims that propose us, surpass some requirements established in the European directive concerning this matter”.