World Recycling Forum Schedule Unveiled

ICM AG has released the schedule for the World Recycling Forum. The three-day event will take place Nov. 15-17 at the Hotel Harbour Grand Kowloon in Hong Kong.

It also will feature programming on several recycling topics, including multiple sessions on end-of-live vehicle (ELV) recycling, electronic scrap recycling and battery recycling.

Among the keynote speakers are entrepreneur Stephen Greer (author of “Starting from Scrap: A Hong Kong Entrepreneur’s Story”), Hewlett-Packard Head of Environmental Management Annukka Dickens, and Tsinghua University Professor Duan Weng. Weng will speak on the topic “Impact of China’s Increase of Population on the Recycling Industry.”

Several facility tours are also being offered in coordination with the Forum, including trips to:

•     The Dunwell Group oil recycling plant in Hong Kong
•     The E. Tech Management electronics recycling plant in Hong Kong
•     Ecospace Limited’s chemical waste treatment center in Hong Kong
•     A Wistron electronics recycling plant in Zhongshan, China
•     The GISE-MBA Polymers plastics recycling plant in Guangzhou, China
•     The Tele Battery Recycle battery recycling plant in Shenzhen, China; and
•     A BYD Co. Ltd. battery manufacturing plant in Shenzhen

The Forum also will feature an exhibit area, with several vendors already committed to exhibiting, including equipment makers TiTech Gmbh, Hammel Recyclingtechnik, Vecoplan AG, Wendt Corp. and The Shredder Co. LLC.

More information on the World Recycling Forum can be found at www.icm.ch/6th-world-recycling-forum-wrf-2011.