Climate and energy transition

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) awards ceremony's 'favourite award" went to the communauté de communes de la Presqu'île de Crozon in Bretagne, France, for its project 'Welcome to Poubellec'h". Six prizes were awarded at the ceremony, which took place on 15 March, by the jury of which CEMR was a member.

'Welcome to Poubellec'h" was a treasure hunt organised in the city centre of Crozon. The project aimed at raising citizen awareness in the reduction and recycling of waste by showing them various ways of reducing waste. Mobilising various entities, such as schools, merchants, associations, and local and regional authorities was also at the heart of the project so as to promote the implementation of long-term information and awareness raising campaigns.

The various winning actions carried out during the 2009 EWWR, which took place from 21 to 29 November, were awarded a prize according to the following categories: Administration and Public Authority, Association and NGO, Business and Industry, Educational Establishment, and Other. Approximately 2 670 projects from 14 different countries were presented during the 2009 edition of the week, 46% of these coming from public administrations or authorities.

A call was made asking that more European national, regional and local authorities join the next EWWR, which is to take place from 20 to 28 November 2010. The reduction of waste in the context of this initiative is based on five prerequisite themes: too much waste, better production, better consumption, prolonging the life span of products and less throwing out.