That’s show business:
FOR a lot of seasoned veterans in the waste and recycling sector, RWM has been the defining annual industry event for many years now. The busy summer season is made more so by plans to visit - or exhibit - the NEC in Birmingham in September.
But with new exhibitions on the scene, new management taking over in 2018 and economic uncertainties an ever- growing weight around our necks, many wondered if RWM’s organisers could still pull off a show that lived up to its reputation.
And the answer was... mostly. Movers and shakers
With over 500 exhibitors to see, the show can clearly still pull in some big industry names, including Buntings, CIWM, Johnston Sweepers, and Romaquip. The
show floor was dotted with eye-catching and impressive additions, including an elephant made out of batteries and a van decorated with heartfelt messages to lost loved ones, courtesy of How’s My Driving? (see more on pages 44 and 45).
The exhibition space was separated into seven zones (Energy From Waste, Handling & Logistics, Machinery & Equipment, Recyclers & Reprocessors, Data Tech & Services, Waste Tech Live and the Zero Emissions Zone), and boasted several features including the Waste Tech Theatre and the return of Materials World.
Talking the talk
Equally as impressive was the line-up of speakers who kept visitors informed at each of the 13 seminar theatres. Headlining these (and impossible to miss from RWM’s lead-up marketing
RWM 2019
campaign) was Jeremy Paxman, patron of Clean up Britain; Dr Anne Meier, chemical engineer and principal investigator at NASA, and Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, who all drew huge crowds.
Acting as a forum to give influential speakers a voice and ready audience is a huge part of any industry’s flagship exhibition, and one that RWM’s organisers clearly took seriously. However, they would have done well to have taken a leaf out of the book of other show organisers and made use of smart headphones so speakers did not disturb the exhibitors around them.
At your service
The event was a bustling hubbub of activity across both of the two days (11 and 12 September), especially the first, and few would have denied that the show was a success.
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