Where the ITAD Industry Meets in the UK & Europe
A curated list of the UK and European ITAD, e-waste and electronics-recycling events worth attending to network — conferences, expos and congresses, with dates, locations and organiser links.
Dates move year to year — confirmed dates are marked, and everything else is flagged “TBC”. Always confirm with the organiser before booking.
Events tracked
UK · Europe
2027 dates confirmed
Until IERC — International Electronics Reuse & Recycling Congress
20
January
2027
IERC — International Electronics Reuse & Recycling Congress
Salzburg, AustriaIn 77 days — 20–22 January 2027, Salzburg, Austria
The key European congress for the electronics value chain.
The Year at a Glance
Confirmed and expected events by quarter. The EERA and WEEE Forum communities meet year-round.
UK Events
The local circuit — the ADISA conference, Circular Tech Expo, RWM and the dedicated UK e-waste events.
Dates confirmed RWM — Resource & Waste Management Expo
NEC, Birmingham15–16 September 2027, NEC Birmingham
Annual — September
The UK’s biggest waste and resource show.
Part of the ESS Expo group, RWM is the UK’s leading event for waste, recycling and resource management, with a dedicated e-waste and WEEE strand alongside downstream recycler and logistics exhibitors. The best single room for downstream contacts — downstream WEEE processors, metal refiners, compliance schemes and logistics partners an ITAD depends on.
2027 dates TBC Circular Tech Expo
Farnborough InternationalExpected 13–14 October 2027, Farnborough (TBC)
Annual — October
The UK’s flagship event for ITAD and circular tech.
Focused on enterprise technology lifecycle management — ITAD, ITAM, data-centre decommissioning and circular innovation — and co-located with Recycling Expo UK. Draws enterprise IT leaders, sustainability executives and solution providers. The UK event most directly on your territory: ITAD, ITAM and secure reuse, with enterprise buyers in the room.
2027 dates TBC LARAC Conference & Celebration Awards
Birmingham area2027 — dates TBC
Annual — October
Where local-authority recycling officers meet.
LARAC is the association for local-authority recycling officers. The conference brings together the people who run council WEEE and household waste services across the UK. A direct line to public-sector WEEE and reuse contracts — the teams specifying collection and treatment of council electricals.
2027 dates TBC National E-Waste & Critical Minerals Conference
UK2027 — dates TBC
Annual — March
Dedicated UK e-waste and critical raw materials event.
Brings together professionals from sustainability, recycling and resource recovery to cover WEEE treatment, critical raw material recovery, and the policy landscape for UK e-waste. Where the UK e-waste and critical-minerals conversation happens — useful for staying ahead of the regulatory direction and recovery economics.
2027 dates TBC REACT Conference
UK2027 — dates TBC
Annual
Responsible electronics and circular technologies.
REACT (Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies) links academia and industry around repair, reuse, responsible electronics and circular technology in the UK. A research-led audience — good for credibility, partnerships and early sight of circular-tech trends that feed into reuse and refurbishment programmes.
2027 dates TBC The ADISA Conference
UK (London area)2027 — dates TBC
Annual — dates announced each year
Europe’s only ITAD-specific conference.
Run by ADISA (the Asset Disposal & Information Security Alliance), the UK body behind the ADISA 8.0 standard, ITAD Essentials and the LOCS:23 UK GDPR certification scheme. It is the one event where the UK ITAD community — processors, vendors, certification bodies and enterprise buyers — gathers under one roof. The single highest-density peer and certification network in UK ITAD. Attend to stay current on ADISA assurance levels and meet the auditors and buyers who specify them.
European Events
The EU circuit — IERC in Salzburg, E-Waste World in Frankfurt, ICBR in Basel, and the EERA and WEEE Forum communities.
Dates confirmed IERC — International Electronics Reuse & Recycling Congress
Salzburg, Austria20–22 January 2027, Salzburg, Austria
Annual — January
The key European congress for the electronics value chain.
Organised by ICM AG, IERC brings together 300–400 professionals across the entire electronics recycling value chain — ITAD providers, OEMs, recyclers, materials suppliers, authorities and reuse organisations — with an exhibition and plant tours. The most efficient EU trip for a UK ITAD: the densest concentration of European buyers, recyclers and regulators in two days.
Dates confirmed E-Waste World Conference & Expo
Messe Frankfurt, Germany12–13 May 2027, Messe Frankfurt, Germany
Annual — May
Europe’s largest free-to-attend e-waste expo.
A large free-to-attend conference and expo covering the full e-waste value chain, with an ITAD track and co-located Battery Recycling and Metal Recycling expos. High volume and low cost — a good place to map the European landscape and meet technology and recovery partners at scale.
Dates confirmed ICBR — International Congress for Battery Recycling
Basel, Switzerland8–10 September 2027, Basel, Switzerland
Annual — September
Where the battery recycling industry meets.
ICBR gathers battery recyclers, producers and regulators to discuss collection, treatment and recovery of all battery chemistries — directly relevant to the growing lithium-ion stream inside retired devices. Attend if you want deeper relationships with battery recyclers and clarity on ADR, thermal-runaway and critical-mineral recovery for the devices you process.
2027 dates TBC EERA — European Electronics Recyclers Association
EuropeVarious — see the EERA events page
Recurring — workshops and roundtables
The WEEE recycling community’s trade body.
EERA connects Europe’s WEEE recycling community, running smaller workshops, working groups and roundtables throughout the year alongside the major congresses. A lower-cost way to stay plugged into European WEEE policy and standards between the big annual congresses.
2027 dates TBC WEEE Forum events
EuropeVarious — see the WEEE Forum events page
Recurring — see the WEEE Forum calendar
Producer-responsibility and WEEE compliance network.
The WEEE Forum represents producer-responsibility organisations for e-waste across Europe, running events and publishing data on collection, treatment and compliance. The producer-compliance angle: useful for OEM and compliance-scheme relationships and for tracking where WEEE regulation is heading.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is this ITAD events list?
A curated list of the UK and European industry events most relevant to IT asset disposal, secure data destruction and WEEE recycling — with dates, locations and organiser links.
Do these event dates change?
Yes. Industry events are one-off and move year to year, and some 2027 dates are still provisional. Confirmed dates are marked; anything unannounced is flagged “TBC”.
Which events are in the UK?
The ADISA Conference, Circular Tech Expo (Farnborough), RWM (NEC Birmingham), the National E-Waste & Critical Minerals Conference, the REACT Conference and the LARAC Conference.
Does TFix attend these events?
TFix tracks and attends key ITAD and WEEE events across the UK and Europe. Events TFix plans to attend are flagged on the page — come and meet the team.
Get a free ITAD assessment before you go
Walk into the next conference with your numbers ready — run the compliance checker, estimate carbon and cost savings, or book a free assessment to talk through a live project.