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1 Circular Materials Conference 7th to 8th March 2018 Göteborg Talking from experience Bringing reuse networks to life Markus Meissner

2 Index Initial situation and Impact Principles of cooperation and Implementation Feasability - Pilot actions - Formal frame Exchange plattform Conclusions

3 Initial Situation Waste framework directive (accredited cenrtres) Social enterprises run second hand shops Public relation by municipal waste management National WEEE ordinance (collection twice a year) Municipal waste management run waste collection centers

4 Impact The effects of a reuse network contribute to all three dimensions of sustainable development: Re-use of items saves resources and increases the resource efficiency Unemployed and/or disabled persons find a chance to reintegrate in the labour market Regional shops offer products with a high costeffectiveness for persons with lower income Acting as a network raises the competencies for all partners.

5 Principles of Cooperation Synergies in the field of re-use of items Integrate competencies of already active organisations Develop a commom language Intention to enable development Traceability and quality Positive definition of re-use in the public Prompt start of operational actions Legal approach (end of waste)

6 Implementation Strong support from an active umbrella organisation RepaNet (representing 26 organisations) Maily three steps: Regional Feasibility study Pilot actions Definition of formal frame

7 Feasibility: mass flows Analysis of waste streams, secondhand and potential re-use (example: Burgenland) Quelle: Österr. Ökologie-Institut 2012

8 Pilot action: results reuse collection in 29 wcc Abtransport in den Verkauf kg kg Summe aus: - 1 Schuhe&Taschen - 2 Hausrat aller Art - 3 Kinderwägen&Kleinmöbel kg Mengenströme der Re-Use-Sammlungen in Tirol im Rahmen der Pilotphase 2013/ kg kg 1 Schuhe&Taschen 2 Hausrat aller Art 4 Elektro(alt)geräte 539 kg kg 3 Kinderwägen&Kleinmöbel Gesamtmasse: kg kg 4 Elektrogeräte kg kg 37 kg 285 kg 1 Schuhe&Taschen 2 Hausrat aller Art 3 Kinderwägen&Kleinmöbel 4 Elektroaltgeräte Entsorgung kg Quelle: Österr. Ökologie-Institut 2014

9 Formal frame: Upper Austria Revital Product brand in a franchise system Only NPO may run a shop Common Quality standards Complete and undamaged Optically attractive Functional (certificate) Safety tested (WEEE) Hygienic harmless Quelle: Anderer 2016

10 Formal frame: logo Salzburg Logo already used in pilot actions 2015: Small equipment in 29 waste collection centres Re-use collection in the City of Salzburg Re-use colleciton days in waste collection centres Quelle: Stadt Salzburg 2014

11 Formal frame: Vorarlberg So far collection of small WEEE Quelle: Umweltverband and Caritas Vorarlberg Quelle: Umweltverband 2017

12 Formal frame: reuse shop of Vienna 48er tandler Shop run by the municipality numbers: visitors & items in 2017 Quelle: and Houdek Ch.

13 Formal frame: reuse shop of Vienna Tandler box: collection at all 19 WCC Mistplätze Quelle: MA48 Stadt Wien

14 Pilot: CE in dismantling and deconstruction: BauKarussell BauKarussell: hences to transform the value chain katch_e is a promising EU project to develop training materials to educate at university level

15 Exchange: Federal reuse platform Reuse is one out of five measures in the national waste prevention program Objectives: Find synergies between the projects Exchange with regard to quality Present good practice to learn from each other Improve the legal security

16 Overview of the activities in Austria Salzburg Feasibility study 2012 Pilot actions 2015 in three regions Small equipment collection Development of a common brand Vorarlberg Feasibility study 2012 Pilot action in Nenzing (WEEE collection) LCA re-use versus new products Cooperation agreement WEEE Tyrol Feasibility study 2012 Pilot actions in waste collection centers in 2013/14 (supported by CERREC) 29 in detail documented collection actions Development of a common logo Upper Austria Businessplan 2008 Pioneer in Austria Brand for products: ReVitalistgenial all districts involved 17 shops and 6 re-use-centres Carinthia No actions to develop a network Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management WEEE Ordinance, Quality, accredited centre, End-of-Waste status Lower Austria No development of a network Online market place for used items Vienna 48er tandler Cooperation with a social enterprise (WEEE) BauKarussell Burgenland Feasibility study 2012 Pilot actions 2014/15 Association formed Styria Businessplan 2010 Informal network is running Pilot actions in WCC in the district Feldbach Collection tool: Re-Use-Box waste prevention programme in Graz

17 Conclusions Implementation of legal requirements Pooling of competencies Development of trust by working together Documentation of results Higher level of public relation Need for coordination Transformation of the projects into relationships

18 Contact data Markus Meissner Österreichisches Ökologie-Institut (research and development) and pulswerk GmbH (consultancy and design) Seidengasse Wien, Austria and Co-financing from Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism

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