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8th International Electronics Recycling Congress, 21 - 23 January 2009, Salzburg / Austria

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