Eco-Rom Ambalaje Magazine Issue No.12 May - July 2014 | Page 6
ECOLLECT
A National First with
Great Results
Launched in November
2013 by Eco-Rom Ambalaje,
ECOLLECT has shown, over
just 6 months, that it is a significant step forward in 21st
century waste management.
A
n innovation on the Romanian
waste management market,
ECOLLECT is the first and only
separate collection service for paper/cardboard and plastic/metal waste in office
areas. ﬔe program can be implemented
by any organization in Romania and provides free-of-charge infrastructure for waste
collection at the office: special boxes and
sacks for paper/cardboard and
plastic/metal waste, as well as the waste
collection and management service provided in partnership with Antalis România.
WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ECOLLECT
LAUNCH:
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over 260 companies joined the program
over 21,000 kg of paper/cardboard
and 3,000 kg of plastic/metal waste
collected
more than 6,000 employees embraced responsible behavior at the office
over 4,000 boxes and 12,000 sacks
for paper/cardboard distributed for
free at the national level
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over 2,800 plastic/metal boxes
and 8,600 sacks distributed at the
national level
ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY
ﬔe program is easy to access and use via
the www.ecollect.ro online platform, thus
becoming a custom among member companies. ﬔey can order boxes or sacks online, or call for the free-of-charge waste
hauling service. ﬔese steps only take seconds and could be performed using any
device connected to the Internet.
ﬔe pilot program was launched only for
Bucharest and Ilfov County, but it attracted 50 companies from other cities.
ﬔey implemented the program locally,
using the free collection infrastructure
provided by Eco-Rom Ambalaje (over
2,200 boxes and 6,700 sacks for separate waste collection) and services provided by local collectors.
“ﬔe success of our pilot stage in implementing ECOLLECT proves our credibility on
the market and confirms how solid this platform is and how necessary for Romania.
Proper waste management can only be performed with the active involvement of the
social and economic actors participating in
the process - together with the 260
ECOLLECT member companies we managed to step for ݅ɐ