“Legislative change, the rebounding prices of precious resources, rising landfill tax and the push towards reducing carbon emissions have made better recycling and waste management essential for national and local government, businesses of every type and us all as individuals,”
As the country’s largest trade exhibition for the waste and recycling industry RWM 09 has attracted more exhibiting companies than ever before and visitor numbers are forecast to reach a record high. Show highlights will include:
• Over 500 exhibiting companies displaying a host of recycling innovations
• 36 thought-leading seminars across 3 seminar theatres focusing on local authority, business and energy& water issues
• Green experts from leading retailers including Asda, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s reveal their strategies for tackling waste
• Other speakers include waste guru Peter Jones OBE and representatives from Wates, LloydsTSB, DEFRA, Miller Homes, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), and the Environment Agency
• New Korean pavilion brings an even greater international flavour to the exhibition
• Dry and food waste generated at the show processed on-site
Visitors will be able to see companies and organisations operating in all parts of the supply chain from suppliers of bins, recyclers of a wide range of materials including paper, metals and plastics to environmental consultants and waste management companies.
• Food waste technology: a third of UK food goes to waste according to WRAP. RWM exhibitors offer carbon neutral biofuels, anaerobic digestion and industrial composting
• Bins and boxes of every size and shape. Unicorn Containers will unveil its new range of plastic street litter bins, as featured on BBC1’s Beat The Boss programme this week.
• Technology:
• Vehicles, Plant & Equipment including an array of giant new machines and systems for separating and processing waste with vehicles in the extensive outdoor area.
Speakers Highlights
• Powering the future through food, Paul Densham, Energy, Waste and Recycling Manager J Sainsbury's and Mr Philip Simpson, PDM Group, Commercial Director
• How can businesses improve packaging to help consumers live more sustainable lifestyles?, Jane Bickerstaffe, INCPEN - Industry Council for Packaging & The Environment, Director
• Recycling & Waste Management - A Developer's Perspective, Mr Stephen Wielebski, Miller Homes, Divisional Development Director
• Resource efficiency – helping lower prices in a recession, Julian Walker-Palin, Asda, Head of Corporate Policy for Sustainability and Ethics
• Waste as a fossil carbon substitute - Opportunities and threats, Mr Peter Jones, Waste Guru
• Carbon footprint, biomass boilers and waste utilisation in raw sugar production processes, Mr Simon Houghton-Dodd, Tate and Lyle Sugars Europe, Head of Quality and Sustainability
• Selecting a waste partner, Ms Mandy Keepax, Marks & Spencer, Head of Facilities Management
• Is your electronics recycling system WEEE-fit? Mr Gerrard Fisher, WRAP, Programme Manager, Sustainable Products
• UK’s environment policy (waste & energy),Mr Ben Prynn, DEFRA, Programme Coordinator for Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme
For full details of the seminar programme and all speakers visit: http://www.rwmexhibition.com/
Entry to RWM 09 is free of charge. To register online for fast track entrance visit http://www.rwmexhibition.com/
