Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition

Never before in human history have so many stood on one stand at an exhibition (or anywhere actually) and been weighed all at the same time. That’s right, 128 people were on the Avery Weightronix stand at 12 noon today (breaking the old record of 101).
As some of the 128 were of the fairer sex, [...]

Fascinating presentation from Stuart Hayward-Higham of SITA UK in the Waste Minimisation Zone this afternoon. Stuart outlined SITA’s trials running RCVs on dual fuel diesel with biomethane that they actually source from their own landfill sites. Running two vehicles on a wide range of routes they were able to achieve between 12 and 18% efficiency [...]

Traditionally RWM’s busiest day, Wednesday has been as hectic as I can remember. There was a real buzz about the place from early this morning until late into the afternoon. Some packed seminar sessions, always a crowd round the RWM Catwalk and aisles packed at times as visitors found their way round more than 500 exhibitors. And unlike yesterday it [...]

What a great opening day to the show and an excellent showcase for the recycling industry. Thousands of people battled through the rain to get here and see technology unveiled, meet with suppliers, listen to experts in the free seminar theatres. Peter Jones (waste guru and OBE as opposed to Dragon!) captivated an audience of [...]

Visitors to RWM are seeing themselves in a new light thanks to recycled materials artist and sculpturist, Michelle Reader, who is making life-sized human sculptures using coffee cups, sweet wrappers, newspapers, and typical rubbish discarded by visitors during the show. The sculptures are intended to get people thinking about the impact of those daily resources they consume. Come to stand 1472 at RWM [...]

The UK’s first recycling plant for disposable nappies, underground bin systems, new technologies that can turn food waste into bio-fuels and a designer dress made from old swimsuits are just some of the innovative eco-solutions being exhibited at the free-to-attend Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham tomorrow.
From handheld analysers for [...]

Waste is a serious business but RWM exhibitors still know how to make an event fun! There are all kinds of things taking place on the stands this year ranging from the bizarre (a world record attempt on a weigh bridge and a putting competition) to the bubbly (champagne prize draws and a birthday party!) [...]

Envirolink Northwest will be hosting a Pavilion at RWM, showcasing a number of successful North West-based companies from the recycling and waste arena. Established in 2000, Envirolink Northwest is a not for profit organisation helping to develop and grow the low carbon environmental goods and services sector in the North West of England. Since April [...]

Here are some ideas for making sure your visit to RWM is as green as possible!
The NEC is well served by public transport but if you have to travel by car you can save money and minimise your carbon footprint by using Liftshare. Go to http://bit.ly/liftshare to register and share your journey. Liftshare is one [...]

If you look at the seminar programmes or the exhibitor listings for RWM you will see how central energy has become in the issue of how we deal with our waste. Today that cross over was further cemented with the announcement that Emap (which owns RWM) has just purchased The Energy Event which will run [...]