Program of the IERC2004
Wednesday, 14th January 2004
Morning: Resgistration
Afternoon: Session 1: Legislation & country reports
EInternational overview of recycling activities
ECountry reports on laws & regulations (USA, Japan, Europe..)
EThe European WEEE-, RoHS-, EuP Directives
Evening: Networking Dinner
Thusday, 15th January 2004
Morning: Session 2: Reports on take-back system operation, collection and recycling results
Data on waste streams
Collection programs of electronics waste
Take-back of used electronic equipment by retailers, importers and OEMs
Best available technologies on dismantling & sorting of electronic waste
Best available technologies on shredding & automatical sorting of

Afternoon: Session 3: Processes & plants for recycling
Processes and plants for recycling and recovery of:
electronic equipment and lamps
subassemblies (cathode ray tubes, LCDs, PWBs, etc.)
batteries
materal streams like plastics, glass, precious metal comtaining
streams, etc.
Reapplication of recycled materials
Friday, 16th January 2004
Morning: Session 4: Design for recycling
Design and manufacturing of electronic equipment with speciat regard
to reuse and recyclability in general
Design for conservation of material value
Design for chemical content (elimination of substances, decrease of recycling costs)
Multi-life cycle engineering
Afternoon: Visit of an electronics recycling plant