8th International Electronics Recycling Congress, 21 - 23 January 2009, Salzburg / Austria
Submitted by mathias on Tue, 2008-08-12 10:04.
Wednesday, 21st January 2009
Session 1: Keynote speakers from industry and authorities
- Update on the EU WEEE Revision
- Implementation of extended producer responsibility
- WEEE goes global
Panel Discussion 1:
- Take back of E-waste: A nightmare or chance for the retailers?
Session 2: How do electronics manufacturers close the recycling loop?
- OEM's success and challenges regarding recycling
- Reports and statistics about sales and collection rates
- Enforcement and harmonisation of national registers
- Reuse, repair and recovery of electronics equipment
- Eco-design: design vs. recycling
Thursday, 22nd January 2009
Sessions 3: Recycling industry: High tech vs. profit?
- Best available technologies for dismantling, sorting and recycling
- Quality standards - how to check and monitor?
- Legal implications of transboundary movements of WEEE
- News about processes and plants for recycling and recovery
- Waste to energy and plastics to diesel
- Lamp recycling business - small but beautiful
- Monitoring of hazardous substances in e-scrap
Session 4: How do countries implement the WEEE laws & regulations?
- Country reports and challenges of authorities
- Responsibilities of NGO's regarding the implementations
Panel Discussion 2:
- Country reports & implementation: What went wrong, what went well?
Friday, 23rd January 2009
Plant tours:
- Metal scrap and cable recycling facility
- Plastics recycling plant
- Fridge recycling plant
- Copper and gold recycling at a copper smelte
Organiser:
ICM AG
Schwaderhof 524. 5708 Birrwil, Switzerland
Phone: +41 62 785 10 00, Fax: +41 62 785 10 05
Email: info@icm.ch, http://www.icm.ch
