Project R+, People-Friendly Equipment

Subscribing entities:

LIPOR - Intermunicipal Waste Management Service of Greater Porto
National Association of Portuguese Municipalities
Otto Multiservei Soluções Ambientais, SA,
APA - Portuguese Environment Agency
the Metropolitan Board of Porto
Order of Architects - North Regional Section
ACAPO - Association of the Blind and Amblyopic People of Portugal
SPV - Sociedade Ponto Verde, SA
National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P.

Subject matter:

Establish, among the signatory entities, the activities to be developed, aiming at the study of the conditions associated with the selective disposal of waste by people with disabilities, in order to facilitate their participation, on the path to full citizenship.

Objectives:

Discuss the issue of the functionality and availability of waste disposal equipment covering people with disabilities or disabilities, also taking into account the issue of full accessibility to such equipment; link two themes:
Separation of waste (and recycling) and its promotion to people with disabilities;
Design and design the ideal equipment capable of full usability, thus including this target audience;
Test the production of equipment according to the defined specificities;
conduct pilot experience(s) to test the equipment;
ensure that such equipment can be placed on public roads;
Assess the adherence of the target population and the general population to the initiative.

Operationalisation:

The coordination and management of the Agreement shall be carried out by the Entities participating in the Agreement, which shall appoint their representatives, as well as an alternate representative to ensure the absence or impediment of the first representative.

Each Entity shall be responsible for its own costs incurred in connection with the operation of the Agreement.