More than 35 companies will participate in the Abu Dhabi EcoWaste forum

More than 35 companies from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and India will participate in the EcoWaste exhibition and forum next week in Abu Dhabi, according to the director general of the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center Dhabi, also known as Tadweer.

The event will focus on “improving sustainability through waste management and the circular economy,” Salem Al Kaabi told media on Tuesday.

The waste management targets set by the United Arab Emirates include treating 75% of municipal solid waste by 2025 and 85% by 2035, as well as reducing the production of municipal solid waste to 1.4 kilograms per person per day by 2025, according to organizers.

The three-day event coincides with the World Future Energy Summit at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, January 17-19.

The forum will explore other key trends including the circular economy, connected equipment and automation, hydrogen waste, landfill reduction strategies and approaches to address major sources of waste.

Tadweer’s plans which are in preparation until 2030, as well as the company’s future strategies, will be discussed at the forum, Al Kaabi said. The company is also planning to launch tenders for the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in Abu Dhabi, but it did not provide further details.

The circular economy, making waste economically and environmentally sustainable and rethinking product packaging, managing medical waste during the pandemic and using technology to map waste management services are among the topics that will be discussed at the forum.

Confirmed speakers for the forum include Daker El Rabaya, general manager of waste treatment, treatment and disposal at Bee’ah; Ali Moidu, Managing Director of Dubaï Technologies; and Naseebah AlMarzooqi, Director of Studies, Research and Development at the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry, among others.

Update: January 12, 2022, 3:00 a.m.