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Following the huge success of its second edition in 2014, which registered the participation of more than 200 delegates from 40 different countries worldwide, SUM 2016 – 3rd Symposium on Urban Mining will be held in the suggestive former Monastery of Saint Augustine in Bergamo’s upper city, from 23rd to 25th May 2016. SUM 2016 will focus on the concept of Urban Mining and the need to look beyond separate collection and the current logic of consumers responsibility, resulting in an increased

The 15^th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2016 will take place from January 19 – 22, 2016 in Salzburg, Austria.

IERC 2016 is the recycling industry’s most important event, bringing together over 500 international experts: producers, recyclers, equipment manufacturers, recycling associations, standards bodies, NGOs, regulators and many more.

Topics of the conference:

• Challenges of the Circular Economy
• Reports on the recycling of precious and strategic metals
• Staying

Experts discuss the challenges of battery recycling:

Battery recyclers adjusting to new material mix

Montreux, September 30, 2015: The battery recycling sector needs to adjust to the increasing volumes of lithium-ion batteries on the market. The number of lithium-ion batteries currently in use is constantly growing, particularly in the fields of electronics and electric mobility. This fact became evident last week in Montreux, Switzerland, where the international battery recycling industry