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MoldRec - the Association For Recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), organizes on Saturday, November 2 a social-environmental action of WEEE collection in support of Chisinau citizens.  The event will take place in the square of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre Maria Biesu. between 11. 00-17. 00 o’clock.

All Chisinau residents who want to get rid of old electrical equipment gathered in their houses, can bring it to MoldRec’s tent on November 2, for further eco-rational  management of these wastes (waste treatment, recycling, neutralization). 

"We started this campaign for the reason that we received many requests from individuals who are in solidarity with our initiative and care about our environment.

We want to raise awareness among city residents for not to throw these wastes but to bring it to us to be managed correctly.  Thus they can contribute with us to clean the capital of electrical and electronic waste, which is very harmful for our health and environment.

This is the first campaign of its kind organized in Moldova.  In future we hope to organize same kind of campaigns as well at national level. " Declares, Iulian Gamureac, President of MoldRec.

Many of the basic components of most of WEEE contain hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium.  These toxic substances are not a problem for those who use electronic devices according to the purpose that they were created for, but for the air, water or soil have long term harmful, detrimental effects  on our food, on the water we drink and on the air we breathe.

MoldRec was created at the beginning of this year as a non-profit organization, and starting with July has already collected about 15 000 kg of waste electrical and electronic equipment from several organizations.

In the future Association is going to develop partnerships with relevant NGOs and State organizations for implementation of a national WEEE collecting plan.

More details about the action "Chisinau without WEEE" can be found on the MoldRec’s facebook page www.fb.com/moldrec.md.