UE waste week pilot edition closed last Sunday

by Francesco Rasero

Last sunday closed the pilot edition of the European Waste Reduction Week which took place from 22 to 30 November 2008. In this context, some pioneer cities and regions, members of ACR+, have created momentum by organizing a variety of innovative awareness-raising actions.
The 2008 pilot edition is meant to prepare the ground for the first official European Waste Reduction Week, which will take place in 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.
The pilot edition of the European Waste Reduction Week fits into the scheme of the European Campaign for Waste Reduction launched in 2007 by ACR+, which brings forward a reference of “100 kilos less municipal waste per inhabitant and per year” (www.acrplus.org/-kg).
First of all, the campaign has been aimed to create participation, to Gather the waste prevention stakeholders (AICA it’s one) around a common initiative symbolically condensed within a Week, created a momentum which helped disseminate innovative and efficient actions across the European Union and highlighted the connection between waste and the sustainable consumption of resources.
Finally an interesting tool has been used in this week, the Campaign Guide on Waste Reduction (in French and English).
In a nutshell, from 22 to 30 November 2008, European stakeholders have danced together to the tune of waste reduction, a good wishes for 2009 edition and the future of waste management.