The floor is organized by sector, so buyers find every supplier for a stage of a device's next life in one place. The same layout runs in Dallas and Chicago.
What’s worth recovering
Metals inside everyday electronics, shown on the scrap they come out of.
Gold
Board edge contacts and connectors
Copper
Motor windings, cable and board traces
Lithium
Battery packs, from phones to e-bikes
Palladium
Multilayer ceramic capacitors
Neodymium
Hard-drive voice-coil magnets
Silver
Solder joints and switch contacts
Indium
The conductive film in LCD screens
Gallium
LEDs and phone radio chips
Cobalt
The cathodes in laptop battery cells
Zone ACollection & Reverse Logistics
Every recovered device starts with a pickup. This sector covers municipal and retail take-back, mail-back and drop-off programs, enterprise pickups, containers and battery-safe packaging, and the tracking that keeps chain of custody intact from the first mile.
On the floor
- Take-back, mail-back and drop-off program operators
- Gaylords, cages and DOT-compliant battery packaging
- Reverse logistics and secure transport
- Chain-of-custody and asset tracking software
- Collection event and kiosk suppliers
In the conference
- Running a municipal collection program that covers its costs
- Keeping lithium-ion batteries out of trucks and MRFs
- Retail take-back: what actually brings devices back
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sector
Zone BIT Asset Disposition & Data Security
For enterprises, hospitals, banks and government, the risk in old IT is the data on it. This sector covers ITAD providers, data center decommissioning, certified erasure software, hard-drive shredders and degaussers, and the audit trail customers now expect.
On the floor
- ITAD and data center decommissioning providers
- Certified data erasure software
- Hard-drive and SSD shredders, crushers and degaussers
- Asset auditing, serialization and reporting platforms
- On-site and mobile data destruction
In the conference
- NIST 800-88 in practice: proving sanitization to an auditor
- Hyperscale decommissioning without losing chain of custody
- SSDs, encryption and when a drive must be shredded
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sector
Zone CProcessing & Recovery Equipment
From pre-shredders to full separation lines, this is where buyers compare equipment side by side. The live demo arena lets manufacturers run machinery on real e-scrap, so throughput and purity are seen, not quoted.
On the floor
- Shredders, hammer mills and granulators
- Eddy current, magnetic and density separation
- Optical, X-ray and AI-guided sorting
- Cable and wire granulation lines
- Dust, fire detection and suppression systems
In the conference
- Raising copper and precious-metal recovery from mixed e-scrap
- Robotic disassembly: where it pays back today
- Fire risk on the processing floor
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sectorZone DBatteries & Critical Materials
Lithium-ion is now the most dangerous item in the e-waste stream and some of the most valuable. This sector brings together battery collectors and recyclers, black-mass refiners, smelters and the manufacturers buying recovered metals and rare earths back.
On the floor
- Lithium-ion collection, discharge and recycling
- Black mass and hydrometallurgical refining
- Precious-metal refiners and smelters
- Rare-earth magnet and critical-mineral recovery
- End-market buyers for recovered metals and plastics
In the conference
- Black mass to battery-grade: the economics of domestic recovery
- Storing and shipping damaged lithium-ion batteries
- What a circuit board is really worth
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sectorZone ERepair, Refurbishment & Reuse
Reuse keeps the most value in a device and the most carbon out of the atmosphere. This sector covers refurbishers, test and diagnostic tools, grading standards, parts harvesting, resale marketplaces and the right-to-repair work changing how products are built.
On the floor
- Refurbishers and remanufacturers
- Diagnostics, testing and grading tools
- Parts harvesting and spare-parts suppliers
- Wholesale and consumer resale marketplaces
- Repair tools, training and right-to-repair advocates
In the conference
- Grading standards buyers trust
- Right to repair: what changes for refurbishers
- Reuse rates: measuring what actually gets a second life
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sector
Zone FCompliance, Certification & Services
Certification bodies, auditors, state program administrators, software vendors, insurers and legal specialists. They set the rules for R2v3 and e-Stewards, run electronics producer responsibility programs and influence many of the buying decisions on the show floor.
On the floor
- R2v3, e-Stewards and ISO certification bodies
- Producer responsibility organizations and state programs
- ERP, inventory and compliance software
- Insurance, legal and export-control advisers
- Training and workforce development
In the conference
- Electronics EPR across the states: what to prepare for
- R2v3 and e-Stewards: what auditors look for in year one
- Export rules and downstream due diligence
Indicative topics. Program to be announced.
Exhibit in this sector
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