CONSORZIO REMEDIA

Their core work

CONSORZIO REMEDIA is an Italian compliance scheme (consortium) for the collection, treatment, and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries, and packaging. Based in Milan, they represent producers and importers of electronics who must meet Extended Producer Responsibility obligations under EU directives. In H2020 projects, they contribute real-world operational data, waste collection system expertise, and industry perspectives on circular economy models for the electric and electronic sector.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

REMEDIA's early H2020 involvement (2015-2017) centered on foundational e-waste challenges: mapping secondary raw materials in the urban mine (ProSUM) and building recycling implementation toolkits (EWIT). Their later projects (2017-2022) shifted toward systemic and circular approaches — assessing collection systems (COLLECTORS) and activating circular service models like ecoleasing and ecodesign for electronics (C-SERVEES). This progression mirrors the broader EU policy shift from waste management toward circular economy principles.

REMEDIA is moving from traditional waste management toward circular economy service models (ecoleasing, ecodesign), making them a relevant partner for product-as-a-service and circular business model projects.

How they like to work

REMEDIA primarily contributes as a third-party expert (3 of 4 projects), providing industry data and operational knowledge rather than leading research. They coordinated one project (EWIT), demonstrating capacity to lead but preferring a supporting role. With 103 unique partners across 32 countries, they operate within large, diverse consortia — typical for a compliance scheme that bridges industry and policy.

REMEDIA has collaborated with 103 unique partners across 32 countries, reflecting the pan-European nature of WEEE regulation and e-waste challenges. Their network spans industry, research, and policy actors involved in waste management and circular economy across most EU member states.

What sets them apart

REMEDIA offers something most research organizations cannot: direct operational experience managing real WEEE compliance systems at national scale in Italy. They bring producer-side perspectives and actual waste flow data, which is invaluable for projects that need to ground-truth circular economy models. For consortium builders, they serve as the bridge between academic research and the industrial reality of electronics recycling.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EWIT
  The only project REMEDIA coordinated — developed an e-waste implementation toolkit to support recycling and secondary raw material recovery, with EUR 357,750 in EC funding.
• C-SERVEES
  Their most recent and longest-running project (2018-2022), exploring circular service models like ecoleasing and ecodesign — signaling REMEDIA's strategic direction toward circular economy.
• ProSUM
  Mapped secondary raw materials in the 'urban mine' across Europe, establishing baseline data for WEEE recovery that informed subsequent EU policy work.