ATEGRUS

Asociación Técnica para la Gestión de Residuos y Medio Ambiente

President: Dr. Ing. Julián Uriarte Jaureguízar
CEO: Dr. Ing. Julián Uriarte Jaureguízar

Address:
Asociación Técnica para la Gestión de Residuos y Medio Ambiente
C/Barroeta Aldamar, nº6-1º
48001 Bilbao
Spain
Website: http://www.ategrus.org

Contact:
Dr. Ing. Julián Uriarte Jaureguízar
C/Barroeta Aldamar, nº6-1º
48001 Bilbao
Spain
Phone: +34 94 464 19 90
Fax: +34 94 424 38 54
Email: ategrus@ategrus.org

ATEGRUS is the Spanish Technical Association for Waste Management and Environment, a non-profit making organization, created in 1974.

ATEGRUS is also the National Member and only Spanish representative of the International Solid Waste Association – ISWA, and Clean World International - C.W.I.

ATEGRUS is the only Spanish organization involved in all waste management systems, urban cleansing and environment. Its members are municipalities, public institutions, private companies, universities, research centres and technicians from this sector.

OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of ATEGRUS are:
- To put together all parties involves in environmental management, in order to join efforts and criteria
- To establish a joint co-operation among equipment manufacturers, service companies, engineers and technicians in order to share experience
- To contribute to the progress and update waste management, environmental and public cleansing techniques
- To stimulate research, statistics, training and public awareness
- To get in contact through co-operation agreements with those organisations and national and international associations related to the environment.

ACTIVITIES
- Annual Conferences,
- Iberoamerican Conferences on Waste
- ISWA Beacon Conferences
- Workshops
- Working Groups on: AENOR 134 Technical Normalization Committee, Biological treatment, End of life vehicles, Hazardous waste, Landfilling, Legislation, Thermal treatment, Sanitary waste, Sludge management, Social aspects, Recycling, Waste transportation and collect.
- Specialized Commitees
- AL-INVEST cooperation meetings
- Awards “Escobas de Plata, Oro y Platino”

The association is represented by its technical magazine, RESIDUOS.