Venue
National Exhibition Centre
National Exhibition Centre, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT, UK

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Event Date Wed Sep 10 BST - Thu Sep 11 BST (in 4 months)
In your timezone (EDT): Tue Sep 9 7:00pm - Wed Sep 10 7:00pm
Location National Exhibition Centre
Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT, UK
Region EMEA
Details

Join the ultimate platform for accelerating change towards a more sustainable planet. At RWM, engage in discussions on critical waste and resource management topics, discover innovative green technologies, and launch solutions to the sector's most pressing challenges in line with the principles of the circular economy.

Organised in partnership with leading organisations, including the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management and Environmental Services Association, access need-to-know insights and network with like-minded professionals over two action-packed days.

In 2023, RWM welcomed over 8,000 high-level attendees eager to discover cutting-edge technologies, lucrative investment opportunities, and crucial insights that elevated their operations, emphasising the importance of a circular economy, achieving net-zero goals, and promoting sustainability.

Who Attends?
The ultimate destination for professionals across the entire resource supply chain. From large waste management businesses to independent operators, local authorities to industry and manufacturing, our event caters to everyone who wants to stay ahead of the game.

Whether you're a skip hire business looking to invest in new machinery or a retailer keen to improve your net-zero credentials, RWM is the perfect platform to connect with industry experts, discover the latest trends, and learn about best practices.

Our show offers a unique opportunity to network with peers, hear from inspiring keynote speakers, and gain valuable insights into the regulatory landscape. With a packed schedule of case studies, seminars, and interactive workshops, there's something for everyone at RWM. Don't miss out on this chance to take your business to the next level. Join us today!

Speakers

2024 Past Speakers

Chris Berryman
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Frank Wescott
Associate, Ground Consultants Ltd

Ian Grant
Brownfield Director, Environment Analyst

James Cartwright
Director, McAuliffe Group

Joanne Kwan
Senior Research Manager and Sustainable Land Reuse Programme Lead, CIRIA

Matt Lennard
Principal GeoEnvironmental Engineer, NHBC

Angus Niven
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Strata Homes

Cecilia Macleod
Chief Scientific Advisor, Advanced Bacterial Sciences

Carol Curran
Research Scientist & Deputy Quality Manager, James Hutton Ltd

Laura-Jane Strachan
Head of Electron Microscopy, James Hutton Ltd

Rupert Carr
Birchall Properties

Andy O'Dea
Technical Director, Cognition Land and Water

Duncan Sanders
Director, ATG Group

Marc Perry
Principal Geo-environmental Engineer & Technical Lead for Sustainable Soils, RSK Geosciences

Ann Barker
Lead Officer - Contaminated Land, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Dave Richards
Response & Technical Manager, Adler & Allan

Bill Atkinson
Chief Scientific Advisor, Adler & Allan

Dr. Jon Burton
Managing Director, Oracle Environmental Experts

Elizabeth Beers
Regional Technical Director, Ground and Water Team, WSP

Jonathan Atkinson
Technical Director, CL

Chris Piddington
Technical Director, Arcadis

Georgina Watkins
Senior Consultant, Stantec UK Ltd

Claire Stone
Governance Director, i2 Analytical

Darren Beriro
Principal Geoscientist, British Geological Survey

Sam Hall
Managing Director, John F Hunt Regeneration

Daniela Marques Miguel
Sales Director, Normec DETS

Clare Llowarch
Technical Director, i2 Analytical

Kirk Bridgewood
Managing Director, Normec DETS

Ken Scally
Technical and Quality Director, Normec DETS

Craig Cox
President, Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc.

Laurie Chilcote
Vice President, Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc.

David Reay
Head of Strategic Partnerships, CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons

Simon Forshaw
Vice President, Engineering and Construction, enfinium

Antony Sumner
Application Specialist - Industrial Air Emissions, Gasmet Technologies (UK) Ltd

Steve Last
Chartered Waste Manager, Drycake

Mark Vanderbeken
Chairman, Drycake

Jacob Hayler
Executive Director, ESA

Anna Willetts
Partner, Gunner Cooke LLP

Andy Jones
Managing Director, Totus Environmental; Chair of the RDF Industry Group

Greg Logelain
Associate Director, Ricardo

Richard Garfield
Technical Discipline Manager, SLR Consulting

Tim Mole
Senior Director - Renewable Energy Solutions, World Kinect

James Macnaghten
CEO, Caldera Heat Batteries Limited

Robert Doyle
Policy Officer, The European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology

Colin Bateman
Asset Reliability Specialist, Integrated Global Services (IGS)

Megan Hine
UK Business Development Manager for Clean Energy, Draeger Safety UK

Dr. Akmez Nabeerasool
Commercial Manager, Desotec

Dr. Stephen Wise
Chief Strategic Development Officer, Advetec

Nik Spencer
Founder & CEO, Mission HERU Ltd

Tim Rotheray
Chief Sustainability Officer, Viridor

James Eyton
Head of CCUS, Viridor

Alban Forster
European Infrastructure Leader, SLR Consulting Limited

Jonathan Croley
Partner, Ashfords LLP

Laura Stone
Business Development Manager, Econward Tech

Charlotte Rule
Head of Climate and Energy, Environmental Services Association

Paul James
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Sarah Bunney
CEO, Our Rainwater Limited

Terry Smithson
Head of Nature-Based Solutions, BioScapes Limited

Mike Whitehead
Team Leader – Environmental Sustainability Strategy & Water Environment, National Highways

Adam Bedford
Collaborative Projects Director, Fera Science Ltd

Sian Davies
Poultry Manager/Farm Administrator, Wernheulog Farm

Jo Bradley
UK Director of Operations, Stormwater Shepherds UK

Hannah Howe
Principal Consultant, AECOM

George Warren
Integrated Water Manager, Anglian Water

Julian Webster
Water Net Zero Engineering Manager, Affinity Water

Beth Corbould
Director, OFWAT

Mark Penny
Chief Operating Officer, Business Modelling Applications

Sam Oosthuizen
Head of Water and Resilience Solutions, Business Modelling Applications (BMA)

Alejandro Sturniolo
Secretary General, Water Positive Think Tank

Deborah Feldhaus
Head of Water Resources & Regional Planning, Yorkshire Water

Daniel Johns
Managing Director, Water Resources East

Julie Foley
Director Strategy and National Adaptation, Environment Agency

Ken Hunnisett
Head of Public Sector, Triple Point Investment Management LLP

Victoria Cherrier
Head of Environment, Water UK

Howard Gray
Business Relationship Specialist, GreenBlue Urban

Owen Lauder
Business Development Manager, Previsico

Matthew Whaley
Greater London Authority

Ewart Cox
Managing Director, Assentech Sales Limited

Jane Findlay
Director, Fira

Michael Singham
Waste Strategy Manager, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

Tom O'McDonald
University of Manchester

Jonathon Porritt
Writer and Campaigner

Emma Clyne
Principal Category Manager, NHS SBS

Roger Wright
Waste Strategy & Packaging Manager, Biffa Waste Management

Jacqueline O'Donovan OBE
Serial Entrepreneur, Former Managing Director at O'Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd

Renata Specht
Business Development Manager - Sr Demand Generation, Honeywell

Martin Baxter
CEO, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Robyn Macpherson
Project Manager, Birmingham Plastics Network, University of Birmingham

Natalie Ibbott
Councils & Partnerships Project Manager, Freegle

Neil Grundon
Chairman, Grundon

Derek Jones
Product Manager, Routeware

Lukas Schaefer
Waste and Resource Specialist, Department for Business and Trade

Cat Fletcher
Co-Founder, Freegle

Natasha Epstein
Director Waste and Street Cleansing, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames and Wandsworth

James Clifford
CEO, HGVC

Steve Molyneux
Deputy Director Waste & Resources, Environment Agency

Phil Blythe
Solution Manager, Routeware

Nicholas (Nick) Stillwell
Managing Director, Protomax

Niall Bolster
Sales Manager, AMP

Matt Humby
Senior Technical Consultant, Firechief Global

Gaspard Duthilleul
COO, Greyparrot

Maxine Mayhew
Chief Operating Officer, Collections & Specialist Services, Biffa

Chris Smith
Lead Consultant Resource Efficiency and Circularity, Beyondly Global Ltd

Livvy Drake
Consultant, Sustainable Sidekicks

Helen Jordan
Sustainability Manager, British Plastics Federation

Fiona Campbell
Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Biffa

Rob McCann
Head of Environment, Climate & Nature, Virgin Media O2

Adam Bedford
Collaborative Projects Director, Fera Science Ltd

Afiya Howe
Senior HR Business Partner and Business Lead for Inclusion, Biffa Waste Services

Greg Logelain
Associate Director, Ricardo

Adam Herriott
Senior Specialist, WRAP

Alan Dengate
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - Kent and South London, Environment Agency

Andy Daly
Head of Procurement Programmes, Social Enterprise UK

Anna Carmichael
Freegle

Andy Harrison
Head of Delivery & Learning, Groundwork UK

Jennifer Brown
Associate Director, Public Services Advisory, Net Zero, Grant Thornton UK LLP

Mike Gunton
Executive Producer and Creative Director, BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Chani Courtney
Regional Rep, Surfers Against Sewage

Cindy Gardener
Assistant Director (Waste and Street Cleansing), Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

Claire Petricca-Riding
Partner, Irwin Mitchell

Didier Haegelsteen
General Manager, SGM MAGNETICS SPA

Gabriel Smith
Senior Officer - Biodiversity Net Gain, Natural England

Matt Manning
Head of Circular Economy, BT Group plc

Dimitra Rappou
Executive Director of Sustainable Products, Confederation of Paper Industries

John Dawson-Nowak
Associate Director, WSP

Simon Gandy
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Grahame Neagus
Head of LCV and Municipal for UK & Ireland, Renault Trucks

Andy Whyle
Associate, Sustainability West Midlands

Manu Maunganidze
Director, SOS-UK and NYCE

Iain Gulland
Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland

Jamie Crummie
Cofounder, Too Good To Go

Jane Sansbury
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - Wessex Area, Environment Agency

Anna Willetts
Partner, Gunner Cooke LLP

Bethany Cockshutt
Associate, The Carbon Trust

Dr. Sally Beken
UK Circular Plastics Network Manager, Innovate UK Business Connect

Judy Ling Wong
Honorary President, Black Environment Network

Teik Tan
Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, Costain

Michael Amos
Managing Director, Waste to Wonder Worldwide

Andy Rees
Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government

Erik Wist
Vice President, Commercial Development, Juno

Catherine Guy
Relationship Manager, Beyondly Global Limited

Jenny Harrison
Chief Financial Officer, enfinium

John Pine
Director, Commercial Development, Juno

Peter Lennard
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - East Anglia, Environment Agency

Stuart Hoyle
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - Lincolnshire and Northants, Environment Agency

Jonathan Attwood
Head of Technical and Quality, IPL Brightgreen

Josh Oxby
POST Parliament

Juanita Castrillon Montoya
Project Development Engineer, Veolia

Julia Baker
Technical Director, Mott Macdonald

Keith James
Head of Policy and Insights, WRAP

Jade Oliver-Morris
HR & Shared Services Director, Smart Environmental Support Services

Keith Davidson
Irwin Mitchell

Lisa Gillespie
Director/MD, Meliora HR Limited

Kieren Mayers
Vice President, Environment, Social, & Governance, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Jordan Girling
Head of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), WRAP

Lauren Rabbitte
Associate Director, Effective Consumable Solutions (ECS)

Lee Dobinson
Chief Commercial Officer, BioteCH4

Leigh Broadhurst
Chair, Environmental Services Association Biodiversity Working Group

Leo Leeman
Director, Benfleet Scrap Co Ltd

Mark Nason
Head of Professional Practice, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Richard Garfield
Technical Discipline Manager, SLR Consulting

Simone Aplin
Director, Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment

Richard Postins
Founder, Prova

Andy Leitch
Deputy Chief Executive, Confor (UK)

Mark Hayton
Director, EGGER Timberpak Limited

Matthew Howarth
Director, A&A Recycling

Richard Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer, Esken Renewables

Richard Coulson
Chair of the Wood Recyclers' Association & Biomass & Oil Procurement Manager, RWE

Geoff Mackey
UK Head, Plasticseurope

Jen Vanderhoven
COO, BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

Steve Morgan
Head of Policy & Infrastructure, RECOUP

Patrick Brighty
Head of Recycling Policy, Environmental Services Association

Nick Fellows
Director, Voom Ltd

Stephen Hayes
Director, Voom Ltd

Charlotte Slack
Head of Partnerships, Company Shop Group

Will Nicholson
Programme Lead, WRAP

Stuart Henshaw
Business Development Director, Integrated Skills Ltd

David Donnelly CMIOSH CRWM
SHEQ Manager, Assessor, SHE trainer and consultant, Re-Gen Robotics, Practical Waste Solutions, JMD training

Mark Edwards
Head of Sustainability, Gatwick Airport Ltd

Valentijn Veurtjes
Consultant, WSP

Claire Shrewsbury
Director of Insights and Innovation, WRAP

Lowelle Bryan
Senior Reuse Specialist, WRAP

Simon Clark
Science Communicator, Tired Bear Films

Marielle Pantin
Associate Director, Lloyds Banking Group

Paul Vanston
Chief Executive, The Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment

Cameron Leitch
Policy and Public Affairs Executive, British Metals Recycling Association

Sally Hayns
CEO, CIEEM

Jason Reeves
Head of Policy, CIEEM

Dr. Margaret Bates
Head of the UK pEPR Scheme Administrator, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Keith Herbert
Pathfinder Delivery Lead, Southern Water

Chris Isaac
FCC Environment

Lee Scarth
Vattenfall IDNO

David Greenfield
Senior Vice President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) & Vice President, Circular Economy Institute (CEI)

Tim Walker
President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) & Acting Chief Executive Officer, arc21

Amy Hooper
Innovation Manager, Biffa Waste Services Ltd

Stephen Sheridan
Head of Account Management, Business Stream

Simon Gilliland
CEO, Flood Technology Group

Jon Hastings
East London Waste Authority

Jude Allan
Chair, IOM3 Packaging Group & Interim Managing Director, OPRL

Margaret Bates
Head of the UK pEPR Scheme Administrator, DEFRA

Roger Wright
Waste Strategy & Packaging Manager, Biffa Waste Management

Jacob Hayler
Executive Director, ESA

Gwen Frost
Director, Resource Futures

Sam Reeve
CEO, Resource Futures

George Atkinson
Head of Policy, Valpak

Travis Way
Managing Director, EcoVend

Dr. Nasrin Asgari
Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University

Craig Anderson
CEO, Reuse Network

Andrew Dove
Professor of Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, University of Birmingham

Steve Fletcher
Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth

Judith Allan
Interim Managing Director, OPRL

Stuart Hayward-Higham
Chief Technical Development and Innovation Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Margaret Bates
Head of the UK pEPR Scheme Administrator, DEFRA

Paul Davidson
Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge, Innovate UK

Martin Hyde
Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager, Alupro

Dr. Ann Stevenson
Circular Economy Lead, Resource Futures

Michael Goor
Head of New Channel Sales, I2R Packaging Solutions Ltd

Dr. Adam Read MBE
Chief External Affairs and Sustainability Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

John Scanlon
Chief Executive Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Tom Simpson
Technical Director, WSP

Claire Dickinson
Director, Geo-Environmental Matters Ltd

Bruce Woodall
Peter Atchison

Sunil Shah
Sarah Ottaway
Sustainability and Social Value Lead, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Mike Hogan
EMR

Cathy Cook
Chair, LARAC

Niki Roach
Host, Planet Possible Podcast

Ruth Garcia
Environmental Manager, Riverlinx CJV

Matthew Timmins
Project Director, Harworth Group

Fiona Campbell
Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Biffa

Alyce Morris
Project Manager, Wastepack Group

Jenny Grant
Head of Organics and Natural Capital, REA

Tim Hobbs
CEO, Bartec Municipal Technologies

Paul Jennings
Green Compass Scheme Ltd

Giacomo Maini
Managing Director, Ecologia

Jenny Watts
UROC / Watts Legal

John Logan
Chris Clarke
Ian Pyatt
Fagus-Grecon

Oscar Little
Fagus-Grecon

Andrew Howie
Director EfW Development, Encyclis

Mike Brown
Managing Director, Eunomia Research & Consulting

Zoe Goodman
Consultant, Valpak

Katherine Fleet
Head of Sustainability and Circularity, RECOUP

Adrian Whyle
Innovation Specialist

Andrew McKale
Senior Account Manager, Wastepack Group

Rae Watney
Senior Land Quality Officer, Sheffield City Council

Keith Bird
Head of Control Centre, Biffa