The international experts use this platform to discuss the latest recycling technologies, regulations, manufacturing processes and value of raw materials. It will focus on:

• Challenges of the circular economy
• Reports on the recycling of precious and strategic metals
• Staying profitable as products and markets change
• Best available recycling technologies
• Which standards, compliance regulations and controls support the industry?
• Business opportunities and models in emerging markets
• Worldwide take-back schemes, quotas and challenges faced by OEMs

When: 20-22 January, 2016
Where: Salzburg, Austria
How much: EUR 1,590 (networking dinner EUR 100)

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• Hear from the European Commission, MEPs and Councils Presidency
• Find out what everyone in the supply chain is doing and aiming to do in order to reduce packaging waste levels and bring about greater sustainability achievements
• Analyse developments in creating harmonised EPR schemes which commonly define rules and guidelines
• Find out what is being done to improve packaging design, functionality and marketing
• Hear from material providers, retailers, waste management consultancies, food manufacturers and packaging companies

When: 1-3 March, 2016
Where: Hotel Metropole, Brussels, Belgium 
How much: (Two-day package) EUR 1,599 pus VAT if booked by 29 January, EUR 1,699 plus VAT after that.

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The conference will offer an exhilarating series of presentations, sessions and Q&A’s to deepen connections and move the sector forward.

When: 16-17 March 2016
Where: Berlin, Germany
How much: Conference + documentation package GBP 1,345 (EUR 1,886) before 30 November, thereafter GBP 1,495 (EUR 2,096); documentation package only GBP 420 (EUR 589)

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SEK 4950

The next Electronics Goes Green conference will focus particularly on innovative technologies and business models towards sustainability, with an extended scope covering electronics in the automotive and industry sectors.

When: 6-9 September 2016
Where: Berlin, Germany
How much: TBA

Contact: Stefan Ast, Fraunhofer IZM, Environmental & Reliability Engineering

Focus on the conference with table-top exhibition. The Conference will bring experts from the whole plastic supply chain. It attracts professionals from packaging producers, retailers. Designers, trade associations, local authorities, waste management companies, brand owners, etc.

When: 29 September 2016
Where: KingsGate Conference Centre, Peterborough, UK
How much: RECOUP Members - FREE, Non-members - £100 + VAT, Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce Member rate £50 + VAT

 

Topics include:

• Hazardous waste management and safe disposal   Hazardous waste characterization   Hazardous waste environmental risk assessment   Hazardous waste management and convention implementation   POPs waste management and disposal   Waste containing heavy metal management and disposal
• Solid waste with high value-added management and recycling   WEEE management and recycling   End-of-life vehicle management and recycling   Polymer waste utilization and pollution control
• Biomass treatment and resources energy utilization   Clean incineration and ash treatment   Sustainable landfill, leachate and landfill gas treatment and utilization   Anaerobic digestion   Mechanical biological treatment   Sludge treatment and recycling   Kitchen waste treatment and recycling
• Circular economy and urban mining development   Circular economy design   Resource conservation technologies   Circular economy implementation in enterprises   Circular economy measurement for products   User driven circular economy
• Waste management evaluation   Life cycle assessment   Material flow analysis   Evaluation methods   Decision support tools
• Industrial solid waste comprehensive utilization
• Construction and demolition waste disposal and utilization
• Regional chemicals management and emergency response
• Contaminated site remediation and environmental supervision
• Solid waste management and greenhouse gas reduction
• Final sinks
• Technology transfer

When: 21-24 October 2016
Where: Beijing, China
How much:   General participant - USD 400 before 1 September, USD 500 after 1 September

Reasons to attend:

• Asia’s power has a strong impact on the international recycling business
• Premier electronics recycling conference in Asia-Pacific where Western recyclers and OEMs can meet with the Asian electronics recycling industry  
• Outstanding conference program: Opportunity to hear about the most pressing issues
• Integrated exhibition area within the conference location, offering a perfect backdrop to find out, one-on-one, what’s new in the global electronics recycling region
• Participate at one of the various, informative workshops
• Plant tours: Opportunity to visit actual recycling facilities to develop a feel and understanding for what’s happening inside Asia’s fast-developing electronics recycling industry
• Intimate platform to interact with speakers, exhibitors, business partners and potential clients during the cocktails and coffee breaks and at the networking dinner

When: 15-18 November 2016
Where: Macau, China
How much: Before 30-Sep USD 1,590 (EUR 1,428); After 30-Sep USD 1,690 (EUR 1,518)

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Topics covered

• Taking responsibility for your supply chain – conflict minerals and modern slavery
• Substance restrictions and obsolescence (RoHS, REACH etc.)
• Circular economy (ecodesign and energy labelling, sustainability, internet of things, waste/WEEE)
• Developments in the EU, US and China
• Policy updates, enforcement, standards, case studies and best practice.