From the desk of the WasteCon 2010 Chairperson
Kobus de Meyer
Welcome to our World of Environmental Brilliance!
Ready to reduce your Waste footprint?
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa proudly welcomes you to the official website that provides insight to one of the largest waste management showcases on the African Continent. With only a few short months left to the opening ceremony of WasteCon 2010 we are sure that this will be a “not to be missed” experience and hope that you have registered to be part of it.
Based on our theme for 2010, WasteCon will provide delegates with a world of environmental brilliance based on our theme “What is your waste footprint”. The effect of waste on our natural environment is a worldwide concern and needs urgent attention. What strategies do you have in place to secure a reduction in your carbon footprint?
With this said, the 20th WasteCon Conference and Exhibition 2010 will do just that in providing the African Waste Management industry with a well defined strategy conference where delegates:
- Get fresh ideas
- Learn how to implement waste reduction strategies in their respective fields
- Live and breathe world-best practice based on international waste management standards
- Evaluate new models of ethical waste management and governance
- Benchmark their performance against industry leaders; and
- Learn about cost-effective business applications
- Network with peers and industry leaders
If you are a provider of products, services and solutions to the general waste management industry and you have not booked your stand yet, time is running out! The Exhibition presents you with a cost-effective marketing solution culminating in new prospects and face-to-face meetings with your clients. Should you wish to ensure that your organisation takes the lead within the industry, make sure you reserve your stand today. A limited number of stands are currently available and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. For a live version of the current floor plan click here, or to book your stand, contact Andre Snyman on +27(0)83 448 8233 or email sales@iwmsa.co.za
The WasteCon 2010 Golf Day
The WasteCon 2010 committee would like to invite you to participate in our Golf Day on Monday 4 October 2010, which will once again be one of the Highlights for our Golfers. The Golf day will be held at the ERPM Golf Course in the Ekhuruleni Area. Invite your clients to join you in a day of networking and having fun. To enter a 4-ball please completes the Golf Registration form. Click here to register now!
Technical Tours
Additional highlights of WasteCon 2010 will be tours of:
- EnviroServ Waste Management’s Holfontein H:H landfill site in Springs, Gauteng. Established in 1990, Holfontein is one of only three commercial H:H landfills in South Africa. The total area of the site is approximately 67.3 ha with a total available airspace of approximately 12 million m3. Approximately 6.5 million m3 has been or is being used in seven waste disposal cells. The site accepts 27,000 m3 a month Class 1 to Class 4 hazardous wastes from Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Northern Province and sections of the Northern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal.
- The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality invites you to a site visit at the Weltevreden Landfill to showcase some of its innovative projects. Enviro-Fill Material Recovery Facility. The MRF at Weltevreden is based on a modular system that can be extended as the waste stream grows or removed once the contract has expired without incurring excessive costs for the removal thereof. The material recycling facility consists of a number of converted sea freight containers that are stacked on top of each other and equipped with a conveyor picking belt that runs on the inside of the containers and a waste collection container at the end of the picking belt where the organics will be removed and taken to the working face or composting area for disposal.
Please note that a limited number of seats for technical tours are available! Book now to avoid disappointment.
Spouses Program
A variety of tours are available for spouses that will be sharing the true WasteCon experience. For more information or to book please refer to the Spouses tours.
If you are ready to experience visionary keynote presentations, some of Africa’s and the world’s foremost authorities on waste management, strategy application to business and ample opportunity to network with global leaders in the field, then make sure you secure your seat today.
On behalf of the Local Organising Committee we would like to thank you for your dedicated support and we look forward to welcoming you at WasteCon 2010!
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