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Delegates can look forward to a technical
tour to Tufflex Plastic Products, a recycler
of plastic waste. (Image is illustrative.)
WasteCon2018
The event will place great emphasis on key industry sectors, namely water, ICT &
telecoms, energy, finance, a nd transport.
Infrastructure Africa Business Forum
The sixth annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum will bring together
prominent African infrastructure experts, government officials, and
business leaders to accelerate the business of infrastructure development
across the continent.
The event will place great emphasis on key industry sectors, namely water,
ICT & telecoms, energy, finance, and transport. In so doing, the associated
obstacles, solutions, and potential for growth in each sector will be intricately
explored.
The conference and showcase exhibition provide an opportunity for
companies to focus on the continent’s growth hotspots, discuss infrastructure
trends, meet project developers and relevant government authorities, whilst
exploring infrastructure business opportunities. The event partner is the
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency).
9 and 10 October 2018
Sandton, South Africa
www.infrastructure-africa.com
WEFTEC 2018
WEFTEC is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers
water quality professionals from around the world the best water quality
education and training available today. It is recognised as the world’s
largest annual water quality technical conference and exhibition,
providing extensive educational opportunities and unparalleled access
to the field’s most cutting-edge technologies and services.
1–3 October 2018
New Orleans Morial Convention Centre
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
https://weftec.org/
WEFTEC  is the largest conference of its kind in North America,
held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Water Sewage & Effluent September/October 2018
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In October, the IWMSA hosts
their biennial flagship conference,
WasteCon2018, gathering key players
involved in waste management, from
municipalities and government to the
private sector, academics, engineers,
and waste pickers; all looking for ways
to best tackle the waste management
problem we collectively face.
The conference is a platform for key
role players to gather and network. It will
take place over three days, with plenary
sessions, presentations, and parallel
workshops conducted by leaders in
their respective fields sharing insights
and first-hand experience of the latest
developments, research, innovations,
and technologies.
Delegates can also look forward to
a technical tour on the last day of the
conference (19 October 2018). One of the
sites that will be visited is Tufflex Plastic
Products, a recycler of plastic waste
that processes both post-industrial and
post-consumer polyolefin plastic waste.
Visitors will experience the entire
process from raw material sorting
to shredding, granulation, washing,
extrusion, and bagging, prior to final
quality control and then despatch.
15–19 October 2018
Emperors Palace, Johannesburg
www.wastecon.co.za