2012 Show Plans Revealed

14 September 2011

Plans for next year's RWM in partnership with CIWM, which will take place at the NEC from 11 to 13 September 2012, have been released today (14 September).

For 2012, it is expected that the show will increase its focus on all sectors of the waste hierarchy, with dedicated content and features focussing on reducing, reusing, recycling, recovering and disposing of waste.

As part of this, it is planned that the show will include a new social enterprise zone for third sector organisations. For the first time this will give charities and social organisations a platform alongside commercial operators in the recycling sector.

Event director Gerry Sherwood said: "RWM's strength is its focus on the waste and resource industry, not in being a broader environmental show. By offering networking, knowledge and products at all levels of the waste hierarchy we can be the pre-eminent event in Europe for this important sector.

We're keen to focus RWM in partnership with CIWM on the full waste hierarchy for 2012. The new zones will help us to ensure our entire industry has a voice at the show.

"We're keen to hear suggestions on what we could add to make next year's exhibition even bigger and better and how we can make it even more commercially successful for visitors and exhibitors alike."

Visitors and exhibitors are being invited to send their feedback and suggestions to the team at rwm.exhibition@emap.com.

For information, visit the sales team at the show on stand F14 in hall 19. You can also keep up to date with the latest news and opinions by following @RWM_with_CIWM and using the Twitter hashtag #RWMwithCIWM.

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Notes to Editors:

1. On 13-15 September 2011 at the NEC Birmingham, RWM in partnership with CIWM will represent the waste management industry's premier event following the merger of the Futuresource and RWM exhibitions in December 2010 in response to industry-wide demand.

2. RWM in partnership with CIWM attracts over 650 exhibitors. The event covers the following product/service areas within the industry: specialist recycling; services and solutions; energy and water; machinery and equipment; vehicles and plant, and banks, bins and containers. It is targeted at professionals within both public and private sectors, including: senior management decision makers (including managing directors, chief executive officers and chief operating officers); heads of recycling/waste; environmental managers; recycling managers; commercial waste managers; plant managers; transport managers; facilities managers, and consultants.

3. Emap Connect houses the UK's biggest exhibitions portfolio plus the world's most powerful advertising festival, Cannes Lions. Exhibition brands include RWM, Spring Fair, Autumn Fair, Premier Kids, Interbuild and BETT. Emap Connect facilitates face-to-face interaction for business communities, either to buy and sell things, to share knowledge or to scrutinise new business ideas. See www.emap.com

4. CIWM is the lead professional body for the sustainable resources and waste management sector representing over 7000 individuals in the UK and overseas. Established in 1898, CIWM is non profit-making and dedicated to promotion of professional competence - both in and around the sector - through best practice guidance, developing educational and training initiatives, and providing information on key waste-related issues. See www.ciwm.co.uk

5. ESA is the major trade association at the heart of the sustainable resources and waste management sector. See www.esauk.org

For further information contact:

Richard Truman or Rachel Ferguson

Pelican Public Relations Ltd

Tel: 01457 820807

Fax: 01457 820824

E-mail richard.truman@pelicanpr.co.uk or rachel.ferguson@pelicanpr.co.uk

Issued on behalf of RWM in partnership with CIWM