International Electronics Recycling Congress: call for papers

Archiv – The 5th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on January 18-20 next year. The 5th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on January 18-20 next year.
According to the preliminary programme, sessions will feature: reports on international trade in metals and plastics; reports on manufacturers’ take-back and recycling activities; major challenges and solutions for the industry; country reports from the US, Asian and European markets; collection programmes relating to electronics waste; and data on waste streams and recycling costs. There will be special presentations covering the ’impact of China on the waste business’€™, legal implications of transboundary movements of waste, and the influence of material prices on recycling markets.
The congress will include a networking dinner, a ‘€˜Meet your consumers and clients’€™ night, and a visit to an electronics recycling plant, sorting plant and copper smelter.
ICM, the Swiss organiser of IERC 2006, has launched a call for papers and is inviting interested authors to submit their proposals before the end of August.