The 11th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) 2012 took place in Salzburg, Austria during 18th-20th of January and gathered over 500 experts from recycling industry, authorities and academia who discussed and presented the newest information and challenges of the WEEE recycling business.
These kinds of conferences are a great opportunity to network with clients, prospective partners, colleagues, vendors, and industry leaders.
This year was a special one for us because we were invited to hold a presentation. Thus, Mr. Marius Costache, GM of Greenweee International held a presentation regarding WEEE management in Romania.
During the two days of conference delegates had the opportunity to address a wide range of topics: knowledge about technologies, how to develop the concept and the price for raw materials from recyclable, legal requirements for collection, transport, treatment, and changes of the electronics products.
You can check below some of the approached themes:
- “How do raw material prices develop?”
Michael Widmer, Bank of America merrill lynch, United Kingdom
- “What electronic waste can teach us”
Jim Puckett, Basel Action network (BAn), USA
- “Lifting a tip of the veil on WEEELABEX conformity verification”
Dr. Robert Hediger, WEEE Forum, Belgium
- “ Flat panel display recycling”
Dr. Sven grieger, EnE Ecologynet Europe GmbH, Germany
- Panel discussion: “Who takes the responsibility for collection?”
“Fact & figures on collection”
Leo donovan, WEEE Ireland, Ireland
Victor duart, IBm Corporate Environmental Affairs, Spain
Dr. Jaco Huisman, United Nations University – UnU, Netherlands
Dr. Kirstie mcIntyre, Hewlett-Packard, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Those who are interested can consult the brochure which contains information about some recycling plants that have been available for visiting during the congress.
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