The third International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) will be held from January 12 to 14 next year in Basel, Switzerland. According to the preliminary programme, coverage will include: implementation of the WEEE Directive in Europe; updates on other relevant European directives; reports of manufacturers’ take-back and recycling activities; major industry challenges and breakthroughs; country reports from the U.S., Asian and European markets; reports from new EU countries; electronics waste collection programmes; an international overview of recycling activities; waste stream data; best available technologies; plus recycling and recovery plants and processes.
The congress will include a networking dinner, a ‘Meet your consumers and clients’ night, and a visit to an electronics recycling plant.
IERC 2005 organiser ICM has issued a call for papers and is inviting interested authors to submit their proposals before the end of July this year.
Acknowledgement
For more information, contact: ICM, Jeanette Duttlinger, Muri, Switzerland, Phone: +41 56 664 72 50, Fax: +41 56 664 72 52, E-mail: info@icm.ch, Website: www.icm.ch
