The Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management

+  an international network of members who share the common aim of promoting smart resource consumption and waste management through prevention at the source, reuse and recycling

+  an ever-growing membership of nearly 100 entities, mainly local and regional authorities, as well as national networks of local authorities representing around 1100 municipalities

+  a network open to other key players in the sustainable resource-product-waste management field, such as NGOs, academic institutions or private organisations

 

ACR+ history

ACR+ was created in Pamplona in May 1994 by a group of cities and regions led by the Brussels-Capital Region. First created as Association of Cities for Recycling (ACR-AVR), it became the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and for sustainable Resource management.

The change from ACR-AVR to ACR+ reflects our evolution:

+ from waste to products and resources, by encouraging prevention, reuse and recycling
+  from EU-15 to new EU Member States and South-Mediterranean countries

+  from public partnerships to multi-stakeholders partnerships