Italy-Torino: Creation of a monitoring tool for waste from electric and electronic equipment

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Key Facts

Locations:

Italy

Opening and closing date:

06/07/2023 - 31/08/2023

Challenge area:

Pollution Reduction

Offered by:

CLIMABOROUGH

Background

Background

In the City of Torino, the quantity of unrecycled Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and textile waste is still too high. On one hand, this is caused by a lack of awareness and engagement of key stakeholders (citizens, businesses) in properly disposing of this kind of waste. On the other hand, it is difficult to monitor the entire waste collection journey. To solve this severe issue, Torino and its delegated company need to collect meaningful data useful to spot areas of intervention and define new and more efficient disposal strategies.


Solution envisaged

Torino would like to have a new monitoring tool that can help officers to:


  • Better understand areas of intervention;
  • Give evidence of the value generated through proper disposal;
  • Recycling, reuse and actively engage citizens and other key stakeholders in WEEE and textile waste differentiation.

Some data that is not available today because of its exclusion from the compulsory KPIs required by law. If engaged, citizens and stakeholders can help in gathering these relevant data. The monitoring tool should help tackle issues and develop strategies both at district and at broad city level. As a result of the data analysis and the increased understanding of the problem, awareness-raising campaigns will be designed to reach key players (e.g. large-scale distributors, NGO, SME, association networks, schools).


Published on 18 August, 2023. 

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