SPANISH ASSOCIATION OF RECOVERERS OF SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
Cultivating urban space
AERESS offers a platform that serves to form a collaborative network between public administrations, waste managers, networks of solidarity economy entities and social insertion and associations, environmentalists, unions, etc. The strategic objectives of this association are based on working for greater public recognition of the employment and waste sector, through the promotion of social inclusion, of the three Rs, especially that of reuse and, on the other hand, increase the strength of these sectors.
Which problem does the practice try to solve?
AERESS, a non-profit association, was founded in 1994 and was recognized in 2010 by the Ministry of the Interior as a Social Utility Entity. It is currently presented as a state platform in which there are 40 companies dedicated to social and labor insertion and waste reuse and management, acting in a total of 14 autonomous communities and 23 provinces.
What are the solution to address the problem?
Social and labour inclusion of people at risk of social exclusion and waste recovery and recycling.
What are the beneifts for the user/community?
This association plays a fundamental role in terms of the visibility of social and circular companies, which allows these sectors to begin to gain strength and that government institutions pay more attention to their needs and can regulate aid to solve them. In addition, the platform allows different companies to meet and collaborate on more ambitious social and circular projects.
How are CE principles addressed?
It puts already used items into an economic cycle and prepares them for re-use.