Four specialised expos at Frankfurt Messe will feature over 130 speakers addressing critical challenges in resource recovery, regulatory compliance and circular economy.
The 2025 E-Waste World, Battery Recycling, Metal Recycling, and ITAD & Circular Electronics Conference & Expos have released their agenda, featuring more than 130 speakers across the four specialised tracks.
The event, scheduled for 11-12 June at Messe Frankfurt, Germany, will address critical challenges in responsible resource use and implementing a circular economy. It has doubled its exhibition space for this year’s conferences, expanding to accommodate over 300 exhibitors and 3,500 attendees.
The technical programme spans two days of policy discussions, innovative recycling techniques, and global strategies for sustainable waste management. Trans-World Events, the global conference organiser, has designed the 2025 agenda to provide actionable insights into evolving landscapes of e-waste, battery, metal, and circular electronics management.
"This year's expanded edition reflects the transformation underway across all four sectors—e-waste, battery recycling, metal and CRM recovery, and circular electronics," said Peter Sarno, Event Director at Trans-World Events.
"From emerging legislation and extended producer responsibility to supply chain resilience and AI-driven automation, our agenda and exhibitor base directly address the strategic, commercial, and technical pressures facing the industry today."
E-Waste World Conference & Expo
The E-Waste & WEEE Recycling track will address topics such as optimised collection systems and material recovery strategies to align with EU circular economy goals. Presentations will showcase successful recycling models and advanced techniques for copper refining from electronic waste.
Regulatory perspectives will feature prominently, covering global regulation harmonisation efforts and Basel Convention policies with input from key European regulatory bodies, including the European Commission, and industry stakeholders. The agenda includes discussions on upcoming WEEE Directive revisions and compliance requirements facing the sector.
The track will also address financial aspects of e-waste management, including instruments supporting plastic recyclates and strategic investment approaches for recycling operations.
Battery Recycling Conference & Expo
The Battery Recycling track will focus on extended producer responsibility (EPR) implementation in collection systems and analyse Europe’s growing secondary battery market. Sessions will address current inefficiencies in collection logistics and showcase automation advancements in black mass recovery processes.
Panel discussions will address regulatory barriers to efficient recycling, electric vehicle battery end-of-life strategies, and technological advancements in lithium-ion recycling methodologies.
Metal Recycling Conference & Expo
The Metal & Critical Raw Material Recycling track will present the Global Ciritcal Minerals Outlook 2025, with emphasis on resource security challenges. Policy-driven approaches to secondary metal recovery will be examined through expert panels representing key industry associations.
Sessions will also cover life cycle assessment methodologies for sustainable feedstock sourcing, and comparative advantages between primary extraction and recycled metal streams. Technical presentations will address rare earth element recovery technologies, steel-by-product valorisation approaches, and high-purity aluminium sorting techniques.
ITAD & Circular Electronics Conference & Expo
The ITAD & Circular Electronics Conference track will provide updates on e-Stewards and R2V3 certification standards and present findings from the UN Digital Economy Report. Panel discussions will explore evolving IT Asset Disposition strategies, data centre decommissioning best practices, and consumer electronics refurbishment opportunities.
The programme includes dedicated sessions on secure data erasure technologies, the growing aftermarket for IT products, and repairability requirements under extended product lifecycle regulations, offering practical guidance for organisations navigating circular approaches to electronics management.
Exhibition floor demonstrations
The exhibition will feature exclusive live demonstrations of advanced recycling technologies. Max-AI will present its AQC-Flex robotic sorting system, showcasing real-time metal recovery precision powered by artificial intelligence.
Thermo Fisher Scientific will demonstrate its Niton Handheld XRF Analyzers, enabling elemental analysis of lithium-ion batteries, black mass, and CRM-rich fractions.
The event introduces a new Start-Up Zone (Stands S01-S20) highlighting young companies solving urgent challenges across dismantling, sorting, and secondary raw materials processing. Featured start-ups include Endo Robotics, 9-Tech, Erase4Good, and Re-Think.
The Supporter Zone will also showcase projects from industry bodies including EuRIC and Critical Minerals Association.
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