Benefits of the circular economy for car manufactures and recyclers
Country reports and updates on new laws and regulations regarding take-back quotas
Safety aspects of collection and recycling of electric vehicles
(cars, trucks, buses, bikes)
Update on future cars and its impact on recycling
Autonomous driving vehicles impact on car recycling
Next generation recycling processes and equipment
Innovations in dismantling, shredding and sorting
How to recycle new materials used in future cars
Recycling of batteries and other hazardous components
Reuse & refurbishment - How about data security?

A large exhibition area is integrated into the conference facilities, where vendors meet their clients. Cocktail receptions and a networking dinner create an excellent atmosphere to get in touch with business partners and colleagues.

Furthermore, the congress will offer interesting workshops and the following plant tours:

Energie- und Abfallverwertungs Gesellschaft m.b.H., Niklasdorf
Gebrüder Gratz GmbH, Edt bei Lambach
Müller-Guttenbrunn, Metran and MBA Polymers Austria, Amstetten/Kematen

Join us in Vienna to this unique recycling congress!

We are delighted that the congress will be opened by two excellent keynote speakers. The first, DI Christian Holzer of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, will explain “How Austria enforces its regulations regarding car recycling”. In his presentation “The world of dismantling – BIGGER than you think”, our second keynote speaker, Joseph M. Holsten, Chairman of the Board of LKQ, the biggest car recycling company in the world, will elaborate on new possibilities of business avenues such as trucks, motorbikes, trains, aircraft and more, including recycling, refurbishing, repurposing and remanufacturing.

Our third keynote speaker, on Thursday, is Christophe Pillot from Avicenne Energy of France, who will discuss “The e-mobility market – a challenging future for batteries”.

During the three-day event, among other things, the following topics will be addressed:

Country reports: ELV recycling in Austria, Japan and the USA
Legislation: The future of the ELV Directive after the final report on ELVs of unknown whereabouts; and Proposals for a revision of the EU ELV Directive
Challenges of the Circular Economy: Requirements from an automotive perspective; Plastics recovery targets at risk; Challenges arising from POP containing materials in ELVs
Technologies: Plastics recycling; Bringing automotive scrap back into the value chain; USA market automobile recycling; Diesel exhaust threatment for recyclers and more
New materials: E-mobility – How Febelauto in Belgium fills in the extended producer responsibility for batteries of hybrid an electrical vehicles; How to transport, store and recycle endof-life vehicles safely; A systematic view of the electrical vehicle market in Finland; Zero cost solutions for industrial li-ion end-of-life batteries
Dismantling: Battery safety solutions in the world of e-mobility; Decision making in car dismantling and recycling

For the day after the congress, the organisers have planned interesting plant tours to leading companies in the recycling industry:

Energie- und Abfallverwertungs Gesellschaft in Niklasdorf
A modern power plant which focuses on energy and raw materials from waste.
Gebrüder Gratz
A state-of-the-art scrap yard in Upper Austria.
Müller-Guttenbrunn Group in Amstetten/Kematen
Attendants will visit the shredder plant of MGG Metrec, the post-shredder treatment plant of MGG Metran and the plastic recycling plant of MGG Polymers.

18th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2018

This top quality congress will focus on:

Keynote Speaker

Hot Topics

Plant Tours