Reccon event addresses electronics recycling.Representatives from industry, government and academic institutions worldwide will assemble in Morgantown, W. Va., in late November for a conference on electronic scrap recycling. The Radisson Hotel and Conference Center is the site for "RECCON '05: Global Electronics Recycling Solutions," Nov. 28 to 30. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its organizers, "The conference is a forum for sharing information, ideas and innovative solutions to the challenges facing the electronics recycling community throughout the world." Topics addressed will include end-of-life electronics trade relations between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and China; the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of industry; economic development in North America; and legislative issues and ideas. Morgantown-based West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. (WVU WVU West Virginia University WVU Love You ) is acting as the host of the RECCON event. West Virginia University is a partner with the Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia, through the MARCEE project (Mid-Atlantic Recycling Center for End-of-Life Electronics), working to establish a regional model for end-of-life electronics recycling. Additional information is available at www.wvu.edu/~RECCON05/. |
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