LIFE MERCURY-FREE project raises the issue of mercury environmental contamination, which comes from traditionally underestimated sources related to the use of mercury-containing goods in everyday life, mishandled by consumers because of the lack of information and consumer-friendly means of disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The General Objective of the project is to reduce the environmental contamination by mercury contained in household consumer goods, mishandled by consumers, through providing an informational support via a communication and cooperation platform, organizing the wide informational and educational campaign and behavioural change activities, applying Behavioural Insights approach, building a multistakeholder confidence by creation of Mercury-Free City Communities in the cities, participating in the project, and applying the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue methodology for their joint search for the problem solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main activities and deliverables:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project will pilot the complex of activities in four cities, having the similar characteristics: Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine \u2013 the state, which has not signed yet the Minamata Convention; Lodz and Cracow in Poland. Three more cities \u2013 Larissa (Greece), Evora (Portugal) and Camerino (Italy) \u2013 will be the control cities and the first project results’ replicators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LIFE MERCURY-FREE project raises the issue of mercury environmental contamination, which comes from traditionally underestimated sources related to the use of mercury-containing goods in everyday life, mishandled by consumers because of the lack of information and consumer-friendly means of disposal. The General Objective of the project is to reduce the environmental contamination by mercury contained… <\/p>\n