ICM AG Schedules 2010 International Automobile Recycling Congress

The Swiss organizer ICM AG announced that it will move its 10th International Automobile Recycling Congress to Basel, Switzerland. March 3-5.

The congress is expected to attract more than 250 delegates to discuss news and challenges of the manufacturing and end-of-life vehicle business. The congress will bring together the various links in the ELV recycling chain such as car manufacturers, metal and plastic scrap traders, recyclers, shredder operators and policy-makers from around the world.

Sessions will focus on:

•How to stay green in tough times

•ELV recycling reports of Asian, U.S. and European authorities and NGOs

•How do car manufacturers close the recycling loop?

•Law enforcement is needed to create a level playing field among the recyclers?

•Solutions for shredder fluff: What's the best available technology?

•Waste to energy solutions

•Technology innovation in plastics recycling

•Environmental impact of new technologies

The congress is also offering interesting plant tours, such as a car manufacturing plant, a car shredder and shredder fluff recycling plant, and the cleanup of the largest Swiss hazardous waste landfill site, a waste energy plant and to a battery recycling plant.