Kingdom Waste Management Forum

Dates: 11 – 12 May 2015

Twitter: #KWMF15

Saudi Arabia has been witnessing rapid industrialisation, high population growth rate and fast urbanization which have resulted in increased levels of pollution and waste. Solid, municipal and industrial waste management is becoming a big challenge for the government and local bodies with each passing day.

Kingdom Waste Management Forum will provide an opportunity to exchange points regarding the development in strategies and policies with waste management including solid, municipal, hazardous and electronic waste. Sessions will focus on waste treatment technologies, waste to energy solutions and better public awareness across all sectors of industry.

Key Topics:

Municipal Waste Management System- An Overview

Integrated solid waste resource recovery and utilization

Treatment of Industrial and Hazardous Waste

Waste Utilisation as a Resource

Treatment of landfill waste and moving towards zero landfill

Waste emission and environment risk

Biomedical waste management

Renewable energy from waste

The forum will feature speakers from Jeddah Municipality, Saudi Green Building Council, ARASCO, Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), UNDP, Capacity Building – IRENA, Gulf Medical Company

, Abdulla Fouad Holding Co.

, Supreme Council of Environment – Kingdom of Bahrain

, Department For Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

, Director at Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) amongst others.

When is Kingdom Waste Management Forum?

The next dates haven't been confirmed. The last edition we have on record was 11–12 May 2015.

Who organises it?

Fleming Gulf.