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Feb 05 2012

HE Dr Rashid Bin Fahad to inaugurate Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference Middle East

Centre for Waste Management Abu Dhabi, Dubai Municipality 's Waste Management Division, Bee'ah, Sharjah, Ajman's AIMS Group and recycling companies to share knowledge at international conference
Dubai, 05 February 2012 - The region's first Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference will be officially opened by HE Dr. Rashid Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment, United Arab Emirates, who will also deliver the keynote address. He will be accompanied by HE Hamad Al-Ameri, General Manager, The Centre of Waste Management Abu Dhabi and senior executives from Dubai Municipality .

The Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference Middle East is being held at JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, from 27-28 February 2012 and is hosted by US-based Recycling Today Media Group and Dubai-based Media Fusion, the publisher of Waste and Recycling Middle East magazine. The event will combine market-driven sessions examining commodity markets for recovered paper and plastics in a global context, insights from local policy makers on regional waste and recycling management development and case studies of how the industry is being developed from local recyclers. This event is an extension of Recycling Today Media Group's successful Paper Recycling Conference and Trade Show in the US and the Paper Recycling Conference in Europe.

Several industry experts have been lined up as speakers for the conference from various municipalities in the UAE, as well as leading paper mills and plastic companies across the Middle East and Europe. In the opening keynote on February 27, the office of the Waste Management Director of Dubai will provide a comprehensive look at the recycling programs developed to serve the community. The opening keynote on February 28 will be a special presentation from the Centre of Waste Management Abu Dhabi, examining the development of recycling policies and practices in that municipality.

The two-day programme with 10 sessions will focus on specific themes within the paper and plastics recycling industries including the Opening keynote (Session 1 on 27th & 28th) followed by sessions on Paper Recycling in the Middle East; Plastics recycling in the ME; Recycling Equipment and Technology; Global Recovered Paper Supply and Demand Trends; Case Studies; The Future of Key Paper grades; Global Recovered Plastics Supply and Demand Trends; and Residential Collection.

Key moderators for various sessions of the conference include senior experts such as James R. Keefe, Group Publisher, Recycling Today Media Group; Brian Taylor, Editorial Director, Recycling Today Media Group; Peter Engel, Moore & Associates; and Asfia Khan, Editor, Waste and Recycling Middle East.

Confirmed speakers are Reinhard Wilkins, VP Operations, Bee'ah; Russell Sikora, Vice President of Tandeef Operations; Harbinder Singh, General Manager, AIMS Group; Fredereic Vigier, CEO, Trashco; Robin Dawson, EET; Mohammed Al-Mowkley, General Manager-OPI, Obeikan Paper Industries; Atul Kaul, Waraq Paper; Rajnish Sinha, Business Head International, ME and Africa, Bansal Pertochem Intl. LLC; Yazan El-Jouani, General Manager, Doha Plastic; Tarek Al Mousa, Chairman & Managing Director, MRC Kuwait; Jonathan Clarke, Country Manager UK, TITECH Visionsort Ltd; Rolf Bjarell, Export Manager, Presona; Steve Miller, CEO, Bulk Handling Systems (BHS); Sunil Bagaria, President GDB International Inc., Niels van Binsbergen, Managing Director, ACN Europe; Mark Mijnster, General Manager, Cellmark Recycling; Saif Al Shamsi, Senior Manager - The Centre of Excellence at The Centre of Waste Management; Ranjit Baxi, CEO, J&H Sales International Ltd; Rahul Kerjiwal, Kejriwal Paper Ltd; Helmut Berger, General Manager, Abu Dhabi National Paper Mills; Mubarak Al Khater, CEO, Saudi Paper; Surenda Borad, CEO, Gemini Corp; and Steve Farncombe, ACN Europe.

Dr. Kayyum Ali Bohra, CEO, Media Fusion says, "This international conference on paper and plastics recycling will be held in the Middle East for the first time. The focus of this conference is business networking. The waste collection companies, recycling and treatment plants and self-employed commission agents will have the chance to explore new sources of supply or end users of recovered paper and plastics."

Exhibition: a focal point

Companies such as Titech, UK, Kalmec, Sweden, Centre of Waste Management Abu Dhabi, Moore & Associates, Atlanta, GA, USA, Miltek Middle East LLC, Dubai, Hangzou Fuxing Environmental Protection Machinery Co., Ltd. China, Trashco, Dubai, MES Dubai, Stieniert Gmbh, Lyndex Recycling Systems Limited, and BHS USA will exhibit their products alongside the conference.

Event support

Saudi Arabia-based Waraq Paper is the Platinum sponsor of the conference. WASCO, Saudi Arabia and ACN Europe, Netherlands are the Gold sponsors. Dubai-based Paper Link International is the Silver sponsor and Nesma Recycling, Saudi Arabia along with Kejriwal Industries, India are the Bronze sponsors.

Key event details

Date: 27-28 February 2012

Venue: JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website: www.PaperRecyclingConference.com

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About Waste & Recycling Middle East

Produced by Media Fusion Fze, Dubai, Waste and Recycling Middle East is the region's only dedicated business magazine targeted to in-depth coverage of the rapidly emerging waste management and recycling industry throughout the Middle East. Produced by a team of leading journalists, the magazine provides unique insights into this dynamic marketplace. Waste & Recycling Middle East is read by senior managers and practitioners in the municipal, industrial, commercial and institutional waste sectors along with recyclers in different sectors in the region.

About the Recycling Today Media Group

Founded in 1963 the group publishes Recycling Today, Recycling Today Global Edition, Construction & Demolition Recycling and Storage & Destruction Business magazines as well as companion websites and e-newsletters. Additionally the group publishes the Paper Recycling Markets Directory and the North American Scrap Metals Directory. The group also produces The Paper Recycling Conference - USA, The Paper Recycling Conference - Europe and The C&D Recycling Forum. The Recycling Today Media Group is a business unit of GIE Media, Inc.

For more information, please contact:
Taher Pattrawala
Waste & Recycling Middle East
Tel: + 971 4 2970512
Mob: + 971 56 7858406
Email: taher@cleanmiddleeast.ae

© Press Release 2012

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