The 14th International Recycling, Environmental Technologies and Waste Management Fair REW İstanbul was organized by IFO Fairs with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation of the Turkish Republic at Tüyap Beylikdüzü between 15-17 February. The fair hosted 9,748 professionals from Turkey and abroad for three days. A lot of innovations like the production of energy from garbage, recycling facilities and recycled products, vehicles to collect and carry waste, on-board equipment and containers, tools and instruments for urban cleanliness, new generation “wastematics” and garbage collection containers, waste water treatment and treatment equipment were exhibited at the fair.
Within the conventional conference program at the REW Fair there were also private sessions organized by the Ministry on “Management of Packaging Waste”, “Management of Mineral Waste”, “Zero Waste Towards 2023”, “Soil Pollution Control and Contaminated Areas Information Control”, and “Wastewater Management in Turkey”, all of which received great interest from the visitors. Also at the fair the Business Security Experts’ Association (İSGDER) gave a series of presentations on occupational health and safety, while the Recyclable Materials Industrialists Association (TÜDAM) gave a symposium on “National Waste Management Strategy.”
