European Electronics Recyclers Association gets new executive secretariat

At the end of November, the members of the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA), which is headquartered in the Netherlands, were told Executive Secretariat Lida Dik would leave the organization.

Kurt Kyck, president of KMK Metals Recycling of Ireland, says, “Lida has performed marvelously for EERA and all of the members over the last nine years, and we would like to thank her for all her hard work. She has all the best wishes of everyone for continued success in her new career.”

The EERA board says Julie-Ann Adams of London-based Really Green Credentials has agreed to take over as executive secretariat beginning January 2022.

Really Green Credentials is a leading U.K. and EU authority on producer environmental compliance, specializing in verification and compliance of environmental management systems and international standards and in auditing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) treatment operators and material routes.

Adams has detailed knowledge and extensive experience of all matters WEEE and EU as she has more than 20 years’ experience in the waste management and local government sector and was a key contributor in the development and implementation of the WEEE and Battery and Accumulator Regulations in the U.K., EERA says. She is acknowledged as a leading technical adviser on producer responsibility-led regulations and standards and in the general treatment and recycling technology and waste management arena. Adams has been an active member of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) groups, writing and reviewing the EN 50625 and EN 50614 WEEE standards since 2009.