RLAB represents at the Primavera Sound with bikes environmentally friendly
The fourth edition of Primavera Sound was held 4-6 June at Porto, The doors were open for another edition, the latter has been the busiest with recording on the second day more than 75 thousand people. The Rlab was represented with an innovative bike design that is at pedaling it is charging mobile phones of the participants of the festival. It was referring to the same well as the material used for its production, comes from equipment that were wrecks. It was "sponsored" by more than 35 people who were willing to participate. |
ERP Portugal defies public in Paredes de Coura The ERP Portugal defied all creative, present in Paredes de Coura Festival, decorating obsolete washing machines, giving them a new life. Every day was determined five finalists and a winner who received tickets for the next edition of the festival. With the signature "Decorate your machine and win tickets to the ERP Portugal", this mechanical brand activation is accompanied by lots of entertainment, creating a favorable environment for public awareness of recycling of WEEE and RP & A, waste managed by the ERP Portugal. |
Ten Aniversary in the ERP Portugal celebrated collection of over 100 thousand tons of WEEE and RP & A
The last decade was marked by increasing its collection network, which now reaches over 1,600 points throughout the country. Consolidated market share currently exceeding 36%, and the overcoming of the objectives imposed on licenses, year by year. Established on May 13, 2005, the ERP Portugal is part of a Platform, an association among four major manufacturers in the industry: Electrolux, Gillette Portugal (now Procter & Gamble), HP Portugal and Sony Portugal The ERP's mission is to ensure the implementation of more cost-effective and efficient system of WEEE management and PR & A, working directly with businesses and users. |
Lipor opens training academy The courses offered by the Academy Lipor extends to different areas of knowledge, integrating thus courses or training sessions specifically designed to meet the market needs. The training offer Lipor Academy in 2015 are divided into five main areas of activity. Within the training available to the general public is included in the maintenance area and repair of small appliances at RLAB. |
Rlab starts training courses in the repair area and recovery of small appliances.
In association with Lipor Academy, the RLAB as knowledge laboratory promoted a course of maintenance and recovery of small appliances totaling 65 hours. Being one of the pillars social action, this first edition of this course was provided to five trainees who are in integration in active life through social oriented institutions. |
RLAB was represented on 21 October 2014 with a workshop in North Shopping Fnac. As part of the European Week of waste held 22-30 November, the Rlab presented a workshop Maintenance and small Prevention appliances. This action was encouraged in order to promote the prevention and preservation of appliances and thus postponing the purchase of new equipment. |
Rlab awarded honorable mention
RLAB The project, developed by Lipor and ERP, was awarded in the category "Support for the Development of Ecological Markets and Resource Efficiency", with an honorable mention in the European Enterprise Promotion Awards. This statement distinguishes RLAB as an efficient design on their performance throughout the year 2013. The three axes of the base RLAB are: Crave, Dream and Achieve |
Solar lights Ecopoints
Parallel to the project Green Bikes was created a project that was intended to integrate the ecopoints in the surrounding nature of the Primavera Sound space. Ecopoints were created with recyclable timber thus saving resources of nature and its information panel was lit by lamps loaded solar energy. The originality and functionality of these ecopoints was designed in order to be more attractive and reusable. |
New life with recovery
It is one of the objectives of this laboratory; recovery equipment that is of recycling centers, the rlab seeks to extend the life of those. They were recovered a total of twenty-three different categories of appliances (white goods, brown line; computer line) These devices were destined not only as gifts but also for internal use thereby enabling save resources. |
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