About us - Stichting Open

Who we are

A considerable additional effort is needed to reach the collection target of 65% of all appliances. Since 1 March 2021, the OPEN Foundation is therefore responsible for the collection and recycling of all e-waste in the Netherlands on behalf of all producers of electrical appliances. Together with partners we are joining forces to collect at least two-thirds of all e-waste.

Under the flag of Wecycle, the OPEN Foundation keeps running campaigns to encourage consumers and companies to separate and hand in e-waste and energy efficient lighting at one of the 13,000 Wecycle collection points.

Collect

A major effort is still needed to achieve an even higher collection. Only in this way we can reclaim as many raw materials as possible and save as much CO2 as possible. In short: we make recycling smart and accessible with a network of 13,000 collection points.

Recycle

In recent years we have succeeded in significantly improving the collection and recycling of e-waste. It is now time for the next step. Jobs, opportunities and a route to new raw materials are key words.

Educate

We run our Wecycle campaigns to stimulate the collection and recycling of e-waste. We do this by increasing the knowledge of the Dutch and strengthening their “recycle” self-confidence

Report

Joining the OPEN Foundation must be done by the producer or importer who puts an appliance on the Dutch market for the first time. The OPEN Foundation -with all its partners- takes care of the collection and processing at the moment that appliances are discarded.

Our team

Amber Leguit

Public affairs advisor

Anita de Reus

Relationship manager

Astrid van der Boon

Operations assistant

Coen Teeuw

Government advisor

Danielle Elings

Communication advisor

Debby Roelofswaert

Operations assistant

Dennis Schoenmakers

Coordinator Finance & Control

Desiree Rook

Operations assistant

Eva Gobits

Board advisor

Frank van Oeveren

Manager Finance & Control

Hanneke Raaijmakers

Manager Producers, Data-analyse & IT

Jacqueline Reinders

Marketing coordinator

Jair dos Santos Freitas

Advisor for board and legal affairs

Jan Vlak

General director

Jeffrey Vermeulen

IT coordinator

Jor Timmermans

Operations assistant

Jos Ernst

Staff member Finance & Control

Linda Ikking

Relationship manager

Maarten Reitsma

Staff member Finance & Control

Mark Tilstra

Operations director

Naomi Boeree

Relationship manager

Nardy Dekkers

Operations manager

Raymond Onink

Business market advisor

René Eijsbouts

Strategy advisor

Sandra Bakker

Finance director

Sacha de Haas

Management assistant

Wendy van Beest

Office manager

The board

Steven van Eijck

Chairman

Robert van Beek

board member

Gied van Hoorn

board member

Rob Idink

board member

Rob de Koning

board member

Frank Rozenberg

board member

Michiel van Schalkwijk

board member

Stefan Verhoeven

board member

Partners

OPEN Foundation is there for the producers and other partners in the e-waste chain. The interests of producers are brought in through the organizations listed below. In addition, we are affiliated with quite a few organizations in our sector.