VERC - Virtual European Recycling Center

Presentation

Objective : provides services to all recycling actors throughout Europe mainly using the most
recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies. These services would lead
to higher competitiveness of European Recycling Industry, more transprency in secondary
materials exhanges and increasing recycling rations to reach the targets of actual and
emerging legislation.

Duration : 36 months from August 2002

European financial support: 2.080.451 Euros (100%)

Programme : Competitive and Sustainable Growth (1998-2002) – DG Research

Co-ordinator: Fundacion GAIKER, Spain

Partners

  • IPTS, Institute of Prospective and Technological Studies, European Commission– Joint Research Center
  • UCB, University of FH-Birkenfeld, Germany
  • IXAS, IXAS Conseil, France
  • ULAQ, University of L’Aquila, Italia
  • VITO, Flemish Institute for Technology Research I, Belgium
  • SAT, Austrian Society for Technology and Automation, Austria
  • TNO-MEP, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Research, The Netherlands
  • ACRR, Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling, Belgium
  • IRSA, Indumetal Recycling S.A., Spain
  • CEN, European Committee for Standardisation, Belgium
  • SRI, The Swedish Recycling Industry Association, Sweden
  • DTI, Danish Technological, Institute Denmark
  • JMC, J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd., UK
  • KC, KretsloppsCentrum, Sweden
  • NMR, Nottingham Metal Recyclers, UK
  • SALYP, SALYP ELV Center Belgium, Belgium
  • URBASER, DRAGADOS-URBASER S.A., Spain