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AWRE returns to Sydney

As the premier business event for the waste, recycling and resource recovery sector, AWRE returns to the ICC Sydney on 24 – 25 August. AWRE provides a platform for the best to come together and join forces for a world of solutions towards a cleaner, more sustainable future.

With exciting new show floor features and a jam-packed seminar program, visitors will have the opportunity to browse the latest waste innovations, learn from influential industry leaders and reconnect face-to-face. Exhibitors for the event include Isuzu Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, HYVA, Hitachi Construction Machinery and Steinert Australia.

The AWRE show floor will also boast new industry zones, showcasing products and solutions in emerging and rapidly developing sectors within waste and recycling, including the Recycled Zone, Innovations Zone and AORA Organics Zone.

Other new additions to AWRE 2022 include the inaugural Resource Recovery Summit – “Getting to 80 per cent”, a half-day summit for high-level collaboration between industry, government and waste generators . The program will feature an opening address from Tony Chapple, CEO of NSW EPA, as well as expert speakers including Suzanna Toumbourou, CEO of The Australian Council of Recycling, Rick Ralph, CEO of the National Waste & Recycling Industry Council and Ros Dent, Environmental Manager of Bingo.

The Resource Recovery Reception will also join the summit as a new networking event at AWRE 2022.Serving as the ultimate networking evening, the reception will bring together waste and recycling professionals from across the country to celebrate our industry.

Visitors will also see the free-to-attend seminar program make its return to the show floor, running across the two days featuring 40+ speakers and two programs as the industry’s most influential tackle the sector’s most challenging and compelling issues today. Speakers featured include Nicole Garofano, Head of Circular Economy at Planet Ark, Nerida Kelton, Executive Director at the Australian Institute of Packaging, Justin Bonsey, Strategic Lead – Resource Recovery at SSROC and Mark Dudman, Senior Risk Consultant at Driverisk.

Registration is now open and free, visitors can join the industry and discover a world of solutions this August by simply registering online for their trade pass here: bit.ly/3yrWWmI

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