Leona McGee
The ceremony celebrated outstanding waste reduction actions carried out during the 2025 edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction. This year’s campaign focused on WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – highlighting the importance of reducing, repairing and reusing electronics.
During the event, Rianne Driessen from Saxion University of Applied Sciences introduced the E6 project as part of the session “Giving Electronics a Second Life While Empowering Communities”. E6 was presented as a project that supports citizens with tools and solutions designed to make reusing and repairing electronics as easy and accessible as purchasing new products.
Rianne also served on the EWWR jury for the Educational Establishment category. The award in this category was presented to Race Against Waste, an educational initiative from the Netherlands that encourages pupils to collect unused electronic devices, raise awareness in their communities and become ambassadors for sustainable behaviour.
E6 project partner Philip Van Pelt from Thomas More also attended the event, supporting E6’s presence and engagement with European stakeholders working on repair, reuse and e-waste prevention.
The EWWR Awards brought together coordinators, action developers and European stakeholders working on waste prevention, circular economy and community engagement. For E6, the event provided an opportunity to connect the project’s work with wider European efforts to extend the life of electronics and make repair and reuse part of everyday behaviour.
The 2025 edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction registered more than 13,100 actions in 33 countries, demonstrating the scale of public, educational, business and community action taking place across Europe to prevent waste.