Why participate E-WASTE WORLD?
E-Waste World positions itself as a hub where e-waste chains are practically closed. On the exhibition floor, you will compare sorting and separation techniques, pre-processing lines for batteries and printed circuit boards, and solutions for safety, gas/fire detection and occupational health and safety. In the conference, you’ll learn how EPR strategies and DPP data flows (from serial number to material passport) ensure traceability, reporting, and market access—while unlocking Secondary Raw Materials.
The battery track covers everything from collection and discharging to mechanical shredding and wet-chemical recovery of cobalt, nickel, and lithium. For consumer electronics, ICT and white goods, the focus is on modular disassembly, automatic sorting (optical, NIR, XRF), plastic upcycling and flame retardant management. PV and EV currents will have their own focus: panel recycling (glass, silver, silicon) and EV electronics with high-voltage safety.
In addition to technology, it is all about business models: how to make circularity profitable with contracting and revenue-sharing; how LCA/Scope-3 uncovers opportunities; and how design teams co-engineer disassembly and material recovery from day one. The matchmaking links producers to recyclers and tech partners, so that pilots quickly scale to operational flows.
In short: E-Waste World connects collection, technology, compliance and market into one executable roadmap—from discarded product to valuable raw material, with safety, efficiency and impact as measurable outcomes.
Themes
- Collection & reverse logistics: return flows, take-back, sorting, traceability and DPP (Digital Product Passport)
- Recycling technology: mechanical/thermal/chemical, AI sorting, robotics, sensor technology and automation
- Batteries & energy storage: safe collection, dismantling, pre-processing, hydrometallurgy/pyro, second-life
- Critical raw materials & urban mining: recovery of precious metals, cobalt, lithium, REEs and high-performance polymers
- Design-for-repair & -recycling: modular design, choice of materials, disassembly-friendly attachment
- Compliance & EPR: producer responsibility, reporting, auditability and international regulations
- PV & EV components: solar panels, inverters, cables, e-motors and electronics from mobility
- Data & digitalization: material passports, blockchain tracking, LCA/Scope 3 and value chain dashboards
Target audience
For producers and brand owners (OEM/ODM), recyclers and scrap trade, collectors and waste processors, retail & e-tail, material and chemical companies, compliance schemes, software and data partners, policymakers and investors. Ideal for teams that want to link compliance to business value: reducing costs, securing raw materials and building new circular propositions.
Getting there
E-Waste World takes place in leading exhibition and conference venues such as Frankfurt, which have excellent public transport and airport connections.
The event format combines expo zones, content stages and matchmaking areas, supplemented by demo and safety zones for hands-on evaluations and interaction.
Everything is aimed at allowing visitors and exhibitors to connect, discover and test as much as possible.
Exhibitors and visitors
An international mix of recycling and sorting technology, battery and material recovery players, measurement and safety technology, DPP/IT platforms, EPR organizations and engineering/consultancy. Visitors are decision-makers and specialists (sustainability, supply chain, HSE, compliance, operations, engineering) with concrete purchasing and partnership goals. Focus: practical solutions, scalable business cases and rapid implementation.
