The manufacturing of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) is rapidly increasing with the digitalisation of economy, society and our daily lives. EEE has severe negative environmental and climate impacts arising from materials use, emission of air pollutants & greenhouse gases, chemicals use and waste. Additionally, planned obsolescence is often used in EEE (designing products with an artificially limited lifetime), technical obsolescence (older versions of a product not served, forcing people to buy the replacement) or marketing-induced obsolescence (making people perceive a product as old-fashioned). The increasing consumption and production of EEE makes its complex and challenging waste stream one of the fasted growing ones.
Project aims:
- foster sustainable growth by transforming EEE manufacturing in Central Europe towards circular and resource-efficient processes, value chains, products and services,
- minimising the negative impacts of EEE arising from materials use, pollutants and waste,
- following a quadruple helic approach, aims to design a policy framework and implement circular economy policy measures supporting circular EEE manufacturing and the management of E-waste as a resource
Partners:
The project is implemented with 12 partners from 6 countries from business support, academia, policy-making and regional development:
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia LP Slovenija (SI)
ELVEZ, Manufacture of cable harnesses and processing of plastic, d.o.o. PP Slovenija (SI)
Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre PP Slovenija (SI)
Emilia-Romagna Region PP Italia (IT)
t2i – Technology transfer and innovation PP Italia (IT)
Bavarian Research Alliance PP Deutschland (DE)
Technical University of Kosice PP Slovensko (SK)
The Agency for the Support of Regional Development Košice PP Slovensko (SK)
Business Upper Austria – Upper Austrian business agency Ldt PP Österreich (AT)
Vienna University of Technology PP Österreich (AT)
Association Media Dizajn PP Polska (PL)
Elektryka Morska Sp. z o.o. PP Polska (PL)
Associated partners:
Ministrstvo za gospodarski razvoj in tehnologijo (SI)
ECOLOGICON GmbH (DE)
Technische Universität München (DE)
Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (AT)
Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Venezia Rovigo (IT)
Dom Skandynawski (PL)
Akademia Sztuki w Szczecinie, Wydział Wzornictwa (PL)
Košický samosprávny kraj (SK)
Project duration:
36 months (03/2023 – 02/2026)
Financing:
Co-funded by the European Union through the INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE 2021-2027 programme.
