Porritt: A Sustainable World By 2050, Industry Must Drive Opportunities

15 September 2011

A sustainable world can be achieved by 2050, environmental expert Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE has said today (15 September).

Sir Jonathon was speaking in the final session at RWM in partnership with CIWM's Keynote Theatre.

He commented: "I think it's fair to say that I am gobsmacked by this industry...there is an extraordinary pipeline of innovation."

Sir Jonathon went on to say: "Investors see this industry as a very important place where they can see opportunities over the course of the next 20 years. The figures involved are astonishing...it is enormously exciting."

RWM in partnership with CIWM is the UK's biggest event for organisations with an interest in waste and recycling. Formed late last year from the merger of the successful Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) and Futuresource shows, it has featured more than 650 exhibitors plus a three-day seminar programme with over 90 speakers - the largest collection of free content in the industry.

Designed to inform, improve and inspire organisations, it covered all areas of waste and recycling, from plant, vehicles and equipment to practical advice on how effective waste management can help to cut costs and turn waste into a valuable resource.

You can also keep up to date with the latest news and opinions about RWM 2011 by using the Twitter hashtag #RWMwithCIWM and following @RWM_with_CIWM.

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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

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Issued on behalf of RWM in partnership with CIWM