Erion is a multi-compliance non-profit System for the management of different types of waste: from electronic products to batteries and accumulators, from packaging to tobacco products and textiles, with a solid heritage in terms of authoritativeness, efficiency and quality.

An innovative entity capable of seizing market opportunities by interconnecting the various actors in the chain and ensuring the highest standards of treatment, transparency, safety and operational efficiency in full compliance with environmental regulations, creating value for the benefit of stakeholders, society and the environment.

Erion is a non-profit organisation, created by Producers for the environment and the community for the purpose of ensuring:

Full compliance with environmental regulations.

Constant dialogue with all stakeholders involved.

The creation of efficient eco-innovation services.

The optimised and safe management of the collection, transport and treatment processes of WEEE (household and professional), WBA, Packaging Waste and Textiles Waste. The prevention of littering of tobacco products waste.

The Erion System’s structure is designed to effectively fulfil all obligations arising from the Extended Producer Responsibility.

Compliance Schemes

We have created Erion WEEE, Erion Professional, Erion Energy, Erion Packaging, Erion Care and Erion Textiles to place at the service of stakeholders four sector Compliance Schemes responsible for regulatory conformity services and the coordination of WEEE (domestic and professional), WBA, Packaging Waste and Textile Waste management activities; as well as activities to prevent the littering of Waste of tobacco products in the environment.

The ECO company

The sector Compliance Schemes are supported by ECO (Erion Compliance Organization), the common platform responsible for providing them shared services, harmonising their respective operational strategies and coordinating the areas of communication, innovation and development, European projects, regulatory compliance and operations.

Waste management

The logistics and waste treatment operations managed by Erion Compliance Schemes are entrusted to Interzero Italy, in accordance with the guidelines established by the Compliance Schemes themselves. Through the strategic collaboration between Erion and Interzero Italy, our system is able to ensure an excellent service for its Members in terms of quality, environmental protection and efficiency of the entire management process of the waste under its responsibility.

The system

The Erion System, certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, has already been chosen by over 2,500 Producers. Our Members include the largest and most innovative Producers of electrical and electronic equipment in the world, to whom we ensure a management model based on ethics, efficiency and transparency capable of generating economic and environmental value for the stakeholders, contributing to the improvement of the entire Italian WEEE, WBA, Packaging, Tobacco products and Textiles products Waste sector.

Erion numbers

Erion ensures waste management and regulatory compliance to more than 2,500 Producers of EEE, Batteries and Accumulators, tobacco products and textiles products throughout the country.

Total waste managed in 2022

Tons of which:

Household WEEE

Professional WEEE

WBA

missions carried out

millions of euros of generated economic value

employees

Erion was created...

in October 2020 from the fusion of two of the most important national Consortia, Ecodom and Remedia, who played a key role in the creation and development of the Italian Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Batteries and Accumulators sector.

The Consorzio Ecodom...

was the first Italian compliance scheme in terms of quantity of WEEE managed (about one third of the national total). Ecodom stood out for its strategy based on environmental excellence and operational efficiency. As a member of the most important international associations in the sector, Ecodom contributed with studies, initiatives and events, at establishing a constant dialogue with the institutions and raising the community awareness on issues related to recycling practices.

The Consorzio Remedia...

was the Italian EPR System that brought together the largest number of Producers present on the market, implementing efficient economies of scale both in the WEEE and WBA sectors. Remedia had been one of the leading compliance schemes at European level in terms of management efficiency and consumer involvement through information campaigns and studies related to the WEEE sector.

Erion is heir...

to two very rich traditions and histories of common commitment to the growth of environmental culture in our country. It is with this awareness that Erion looks to the future and envisages its developments and innovations. It does so by starting from the creation of an even more authoritative voice for the industry, able to interact with institutions to promote the regulatory processes necessary for Italy’s transition to the circular economy and allow the harmonious development of the national waste management system. Its objective is to promote exchange and dialogue with all the other actors in the industry, to foster an ideal competition between compliance scheme systems and create environmental and economic value for the benefit of all parties involved. Ecodom and Remedia have traced this path and now Erion follows it with the purpose of making a strong contribution to the development of a more effective, efficient and sustainable national sector.

Erion Mission

The essence of the Erion mission is the goal of embodying the best system of Extended Producers Responsibility in terms of efficiency, quality, transparency and innovation. All values that over time have inspired the work of Ecodom and Remedia, and that Erion makes its own in order to continue ensuring excellent management of WEEE, WBA, Packaging Waste and Textile Waste; as well as activities to prevent the littering of Waste of tobacco products in the environment.

To achieve and maintain this goal, the Erion System:

Ensures its Members compliance in a virtuous, safe and convenient way with EU and national regulations on WEEE, WBA, Packaging, tobacco products Waste and Textile Waste;

Promotes the environmental commitment of its Members towards the community, making concrete the corporate social and environmental responsibility issue, thanks to a wide range of services guaranteeing timeliness and quality in waste treatment;

Supports the European transition towards the circular economy both in terms of practical aspects, thanks to high recycling rates of secondary raw materials, and in terms of strategic developments, with studies and research on eco-innovations and organisation of awareness initiatives aimed at consumers.

Sector Compliance Schemes
and ECO platform

The Erion System is structured in six sector Compliance Schemes (Erion WEEE, Erion Professional, Erion Energy, Erion Packaging, Erion Care and Erion Textiles) and a common platform called Erion Compliance Organization (ECO).

Erion WEEE

Erion WEEE is the leading Collective Scheme in Italy dedicated to e-waste management, ensuring Producers who place Household EEE on the market the regulatory compliance services pursuant to Legislative Decree 49/2014.

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Erion Professional

Erion Professional is the Compliance Scheme dedicated to Producers who place on the market only Professional Electrical and Electronic Equipment. Erion Professional guarantees a specialised and innovative service for the collection and valorisation of waste deriving from this type of products by leveraging the distribution and service channels and helping achieve the ambitious objectives set by Legislative Decree 49/2014.

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Erion Energy

Erion Energy is the Compliance Scheme that ensures Producers the regulatory compliance with the provisions of Legislative Decree 188/2008 relating to Waste Batteries and Accumulators, both portable, industrial and for vehicles.

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Erion Packaging

Erion Packaging is the Compliance Scheme dedicated to the management of Packaging Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) and Batteries and Accumulators (B&A). Erion Packaging’s activity can count on the strategic partnership with Interzero Italy, European leader in the Packaging industry.

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Erion Care

Erion Care is the first national EPR Compliance Scheme dedicated to combating the littering of tobacco product waste in order to ensure its proper disposal.
The Compliance Scheme that ensures Producers the regulatory compliance with the provisions of Legislative Decree 196/2021.

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Erion Textiles

Erion Textiles, is the non-profit Compliance Scheme of the Erion System, the leading Italian Extended Producer Responsibility Organisation, dedicated to the management of Textile Product Waste.

Erion Compliance Organization (ECO)

Erion Compliance Organization (ECO) is the common platform of the Erion System providing the sector Compliance Schemes with a wide range of services optimised to facilitate the achievement of their respective goals. ECO is the operational arm of the Erion System created to offer a comprehensive support in the administrative, IT, operational and communication areas, harmonising the image of the entire Erion System and protecting its interests at an institutional level. ECO’s activities also include front-end tasks for the associated Producers and the coordination of European projects and strategic partnerships.

Safety and certifications

The Erion System aims daily at absolute excellence in the organisation and management of all its internal and external activities. The five sector Compliance Schemes and the main contractor, Interzero Italy, constantly apply and improve operational protocols based on the highest safety standards and certified processes of quality and environmental management.

Organisational model

The operational core of the organisation is represented by Erion Compliance Organization (ECO), a consortium company jointly owned by Erion WEEE, Erion Professional, Erion Energy, Erion Packaging, Erion Care and Erion Textiles.
ECO is structured in a general direction, ten operational teams and has a staff of about 60 people

The Network

The policies adopted by Erion regarding recycling and sustainability are emphasised by a constant dialogue with the most authoritative Italian and international industry organisations.

Partner

The Erion System guarantees its associates the expertise and qualified professionalism to successfully address all issues relating to Extended Producer Responsibility.

Regulatory framework

The legislation governing the management of waste from electronic products has developed in the EU in the wake of policies aimed at ensuring the protection of the environment and human health and the preservation of natural resources.

Welcome to Erion

Erion is a multi-compliance non-profit System for the management of different types of waste: from electronic products to batteries and accumulators, from packaging to tobacco products and textiles, with a solid heritage in terms of authoritativeness, efficiency and quality.

Erion is a non-profit organisation, created by Producers for the environment and the community for the purpose of ensuring: