Are you looking to learn more about electronic waste commonly referred to as “e-waste”? Are you looking to meet directly with buyers and sellers of electronic waste, scrap, and surplus electronics? Do you want to meet to network with and listen to leading experts from the electronic waste management industry, Government policy makers and environmental organizations? Do you want to have a positive impact on the compounding electronic waste issue? Do you want to be a part of the billion-dollar electronic waste industry?
The International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo will be held California on October 1st & 2nd, 2009. The event venue is the world-class Sheraton Gateway hotel, which is only two blocks from the Los Angeles International airport (LAX). Complimentary transportation will be provided to the hotel and conference.
Event organizers have left no stones unturned in ensuring that this is the premier networking event for the electronics industry including electronic waste and recycling. Attendees will have access to a trade show, featuring the latest and most innovative products and services from leading electronics recycling and electronics waste management companies such as Waste Management, IT Renew, Recellular, Electronics Recyclers International, Sims recycling and several others.
Over 1,000 key decision makers, business owners and executives from the electronics waste and recycling industry and other industries are expected to attend.
When computers, cellular phones and other electronics become defective, obsolete or simply reach their end of life (EOL), they have to be recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. Electronic waste contains toxic materials such as lead and mercury, which can pollute the environment and water supply if mishandled and not properly recycled. Several states including New York, California and Washington have electronic waste laws that require manufacturers and resellers of electronics to take responsibility in the proper disposal of end-of-life and unwanted electronics. There are also federal mandates and laws in development to handle this important electronic waste issue.
The Seattle Washington based Basel Action Network, and other environmental watchdog groups have recently published several reports on the effects of electronic waste from the United States and Europe in countries like China, Ghana, Nigeria, India and Pakistan. These countries usually have less stringent environmental laws or lack any facilities to handle the electronic waste and toxic trash they receive in a bid to bridge the digital gap. It is estimated that out of 500 containers bringing in computers and other IT assets, less than 5% are working. The non-working parts and inventory get smelted for copper and other metals in an uncontrolled environment, thus leaking into the water supply, air and soil. This gross pollution has to be reversed as it affects all of us explains Professor Roland Geyer of University of California, Santa Barbara’s Donald Bren school of environmental sciences. Something has to be done with the compounding amoung of electronic waste.
The International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo (IERCE) will bring together over 30 leading speakers in the field of electronics waste management, marketing, compliance and certification, transportation & logistics and academia, who will discuss topics such as responsible recycling practices, how to generate more business and review current electronic waste laws and developments.
This event aims to be an ideal networking and learning platform for the electronics waste and recycling industry explains Liz Corpus, who is the Director of Business development at IERCE. Recently, there has been a lot of focus on environmental responsibility and compliance. Most electronic manufacturers, resellers and distributors are looking for ways to be more ”green” and are also seeking more information on the financial and moral rewards associated with recycling and proper electronic waste disposal.
The waste industry is a $52 billion dollar industry and electronic waste from computers, cellular phones, IT equipment and other forms of electronic waste are the fastest growing waste stream in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. There are more than 130 million pounds of electronic waste consisting of computers and networking parts recycled everyday in the US alone and over half a billion used and retired cellular phones collect dust in drawers, closets and storage units all across the country.
There are three common forms of recycling- reuse, repair & refurbishing. In essence, most companies on TelecomFinders are indeed electronics recyclers and should learn more about the benefits of this fast developing and important aspect of the electronics waste and recycling industry.
John Shegerian, CEO & founder of Electronics Recyclers International (ERI) based in Fresno, California states that “electronics recycling is not the trash business, we are in the cash business”. “Green is good”, states Shegerian whose privately held company earned over $32 million net income in 2007.
Topics to be discussed at the 2-day event include innovative collection strategies, marketing techniques and the need for more stringent compliance standards within the electronics waste and recycling industry. Sharmaine Robinson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at IT Renew, a Newark California electronic assets recycling and remarketing firm states that, “there is a significant advantage to been an ISO 9001& ISO 14001 certified company, we are able to reduce costs and maintain a zero-waste policy”.
The conference also includes discussions on how to recover precious metals during the electronic waste disposal proccess such as gold, platinum, palladium and copper from end of life electronics and earn revenue from items that once ended up in the dumpster. Luis Perez with Calico Electronics was delighted to learn that his company was receiving a check for $15,000 by simply shipping old inventory to a reputable electronic waste refinery. I’m looking forward to meeting more players in this industry and looking for ways to generate more electronic waste and scrap for resale. This event seems like the perfect platform to do that states Perez.
Special events include a Golf Tournament in Malibu on September 30th, a Grand Tour of Los Angeles and an Awards Ceremony with live entertainment honoring and recognizing industry leaders and groups that are at the frontline on the war against electronic waste. On September 30th the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) will present pre-conference workshops on topics of electronic waste and recycling
For those who want to attend this electronics waste and recycling conference, you can register online at www.electronicsrecyclingexpo.com . Members of TelecomFinders who register before September 10th will receive an additional 10% off published registration fees, 10% off exhibit booth rates & a special pricing on hotel lodging.
Remember, “GREEN IS GOOD”. See you in Los Angeles at the International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo.
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