ABREE – Brazilian Association for the Recycling of Electronics and Home Appliances – in partnership with the City Hall of São Leopoldo (RS), carries out a campaign to collect electronics and post-consumer appliances for recycling. The objective of the action is to facilitate, stimulate and make the local population aware of the correct disposal of these products. ABREE will provide a reception point on May 27th located at the Celso Morbach Municipal Gym, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to receive equipment from the people of Leopold.
For those who want to participate in the campaign, it is necessary to separate all the products that will be sent for recycling, which can range from headphones to refrigerators that are broken or unused at home. Finally, just take it to the collection point and contribute to the well-being of the population and the environment.
“Our objective is to make more and more people aware of the importance and impacts of the environmentally correct disposal of electronics and household appliances. Therefore, it is a joy to carry out this action in another ABREE partner municipality. With this, we managed to advance more and more in reverse logistics in the country, since we count on the collaboration of the local population of São Leopoldo”, emphasizes Helen Brito, manager of Institutional Relations at ABREE.
The Secretary of Mobility and Urban Services of São Leopoldo, Sandro Lima, points out that “this partnership is very important, as it constitutes the reverse logistics policy with the environmentally correct final disposal of electronics. Generating income and awareness regarding the reuse of these devices”.
Today, ABREE has 570 collection points throughout Rio Grande do Sul, 06 of which are located in the municipality of Sao Leopoldo. With the work carried out, as the sector’s managing entity, it allows local residents to carry out the correct disposal throughout the year.
It is worth mentioning that the association collaborates in legal compliance with the proper final destination of 100% of electronic products and household appliances discarded by consumers. In addition, together with its partners, it has more than 3,900 collection points throughout Brazil, being present in almost 1,300 municipalities.
On the association’s website, it is possible to find the nearest collection points, performing a search using the residential zip code. In which, it has a complete list of which products can be discarded, such as: mixer, electric iron, headphones, blender, sewing machine, microwave, water purifier and television, among others. To learn more, visit:
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ELECTRONICS AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES COLLECTION CAMPAIGN IN SÃO LEOPOLDO (RS)
Data: may, 27
Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Local: Municipal Gym Celso Morbach
Address: Av. Dom João Becker, 313
Examples of post-consumer equipment that can be discarded:
- Cell phones
- Headphones
- Refrigerators
- Washing machine
- televisions
- Electric or electronic toy
- dryers
- Whisks
- Stoves
- microwave
- Tools
- IT equipment
- Radios
- Video games and consoles, among others
About ABREE:
Founded in 2011, ABREE – Associação Brasileira de Reciclagem de Eletroeletrônicos e Eletrodomésticos – is a non-profit management entity that defines and organizes the management of the implementation of the collective reverse logistics system for electronics and home appliances, promoting large-scale savings. With 54 associates representing 184 brands, ABREE is responsible for managing through contracting, inspection and auditing of services provided by third parties, in addition to contributing with information to all those involved in the chain, responsible for making the reverse logistics of electronics and home appliances viable in the country. For more information access
