Programme
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Climate change, trace substances, new parameters, and the increasing demand for water reuse pose significant challenges to water treatment. There is a need for highly effective, energy-efficient, and intelligently networked solutions. The most innovative solutions are presented here.
Partner: figawa e. V.
Blue Stage
Digitalization in water management
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10:20
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10:20
Conference
Discover the world of international steel and metal scrap trade and its key role in the recycling economy. We highlight the most important supplier and buyer countries for Germany and the EU and take you on a journey through the latest trade developments shaping the recycling economy.
Partner: VDM Verband deutscher Metallhändler und Recycler e.V.
Orange Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
09:30
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12:00
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12:00
Conference
VAK TRUCK IN ACTION SHOW: EXPERIENCE LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS UP CLOSE
Innovative new developments from the vehicle and body industry await you at this show. The VAK Truck in Action Show offers you the opportunity to have the working processes and procedures of the vehicles and bodies explained to you in detail.
Partner: VAK e.V.
The Truck in Action Show (VAK, FM.713/1)
Logistics and mobility in municipal technology and waste management
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Easily gain insights in waste and recyclables volumes in containers with fill level systems and use the information to improve efficiency of waste management business.
Nehlsen AG
Green Stage
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
10:30
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11:20
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11:20
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Chemical recycling of plastic waste and composite materials
Alexander Hofmann, Yannick Stanau Frederik Betsch
Technology and market overview for the chemical recycling of plastic-containing waste and composite materials.
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Orange Stage
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
10:30
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12:20
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The 2030s will see a shift towards automated disassembly and recycling. In this panel, experts discuss the vision of a truly circular future where products are no longer discarded, but systematically disassembled, upgraded and recycled, with the same level of automation as the current production processes.
Partner: SusTech Consult
Green Stage
Material flow management
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Conference
Welcome: Stefan Rummel, Managing Director Messe München GmbH
Partner: Messe München GmbH
Blue Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
11:30
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12:20
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Conference
What future for a circular economy with plastics?
Beate Edl, Outi Teräs, Claas Oehlmann, Jens Hamprecht, Rebecca Tauer, Hildemar Mendez Ralf Duessel
Keynote and panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ralf Düssel, Head of Sustainability at Evonik and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Plastics Europe Germany, with contributions from BASF, Neste, OMV, BDI and WWF.
Partner: PlasticsEurope e.V.
Orange Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
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Conference
VDBUM - LIVE demonstrations
Municipalities, cities, states and the federal government are increasingly issuing tenders for CO2 assessments. The VDBUM wants to talk to its guests about what the industry will face as a result of the “climate-neutral construction site”, which solutions companies need and which ones already exist.
Partner: Verband der Baubranche, Umwelt- und Maschinentechnik e. V. (VDBUM)
The path to emission-free sewer construction sites (VDBUM, FS.910)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
12:30
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Conference
The last coal-fired power plant in Germany is due to be decommissioned by 2038 at the latest. The quantitative and qualitative water management challenges associated with the upcoming recultivation work will be discussed in this session. The German experience may also be of interest to other countries.
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
Blue Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
12:30
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Conference
Especially within the packaging industry, plastics used are very short-dated, which is why the plastic cycle should be closed as much as possible to minimise negative impacts. The recycling of plastics comes with a lot of challenges.
How to tackle those challenges is addressed in this session.
Orange Stage
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Do you want to recover residual Energy from your process? Is throttling energy the final process step in your plant?
ANDRITZ AG
Green Stage
Energy-efficient and sustainable water management
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Conference
Panel discussion on the current situation of charging and refueling infrastructure for the municipal vehicle industry
Stage of the VAK Truck in Action Show, FGL 713/1
Moderated by Carina Bastuck
Guests:
JET, Mr. Olof Borbor
VDA, Mr. Arndt Kirchhoff
GP-Joule, Mr. Steinau
Partner: VAK e.V.
VAK Stage (FM.713/2) - Tent
Logistics and mobility in municipal technology and waste management
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Process control with online Arsenic analyser from SEIBOLD-Wasser for Game Changing Remediation Technology applied to a fractured rock aquifer.
Rainer Bernert
The SEIBOLD-Wasser online analyser for Arsenic measures continuously and unattended Arsenic content in inlet and treated water. The Arsenic concentration data is used to monitor and control the remediation process after the Manfredonia accident.
SEIBOLD Wasser - Analysatorenfabrik GmbH
Green Stage
Management of water and sewage plants
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Conference
The assessment of assets is of great importance for supply companies. In particular, they are faced with the challenge of assessing the condition of non-visible and inaccessible assets such as buried pipelines.
Partner: DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V.
DVGW Stage EWE.2
Solution Tours
Water supply and reuse
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Conference
Phosphor is essential for all biological organisms, but it is also a scarce, finite resource. The oldest method of phosphor recycling is using human and animal excreta. Wastewater and sewage sludge offer a good opportunity for phosphor recovery and recycling.
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
Solution Tours
Water supply and reuse
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Conference
Experience it live: Processing technology for waste wood, green waste and logs.
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Praxistage (VDMA, FS.908)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
13:00
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Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: Our promise - “We are there when you need us!”
Find out how the targeted focus on customer proximity helped to develop the business areas of Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH). After taking over the green spaces in 2018, around 400 new employees were hired, who have been working for the SRH seven days a week ever since.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
13:15
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14:00
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Conference
Experience it live: Processing technology for waste wood, green waste and logs.
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Praxistage (VDMA, FS.908)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: Stilbruch used goods department store - a must for Hamburg city cleaning
This lecture shows the path of Hamburg's city cleaning and opens up perspectives for other cities and municipalities in order to transfer the successful concept of reuse. A selection of the Stilbruch range can be seen and auctioned off at the Stadtreinigung Hamburg stand.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Bold action to tackle the climate crisis and (micro)pollution of our environment is more urgent than ever. The German Society for Membrane Technologies (DGMT) aims to demonstrate the variety of creative and innovative membrane applications and processes necessary to achieve the environmental and climate goals.
Partner: DGMT - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Membrantechnik e.V.
Blue Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
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Conference
The waste and recycling industry makes an indispensable contribution to resource efficiency as well as climate and environmental protection. The aim of the panel is to demonstrate technically adaptable solutions to cover different international needs for the collection, treatment and recycling of waste into secondary raw materials.
Partner: German RETech Partnership e.V.
Orange Stage
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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The future of the Circular Economy is here now. Join Gary Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Resourcify, as he unveils the launch of a new Circular Operating System. Resourcify's digital platform connects the entire value chain from waste management & optimisation to circular take-back solutions. Your waste is worth more.
#circulareconomy #waste
Resourcify
Green Stage
Material flow management
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Conference
Welcome: Stefan Rummel, Managing Director Messe München GmbH
Partner: Messe München GmbH
Hydrogen in the circular economy - spotlight area (A4.427/526)
Hydrogen
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14:00
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Conference
The three best innovations in three categories of the municipal vehicle industry will be awarded.
Partner: VAK e.V.
The Truck in Action Show (VAK, FM.713/1)
Digitalization in municipal technology and waste management
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With the "Water Skills Germany" competitions for trainees, the DWA has been organising one of the central activity areas at IFAT in Munich since 2010.
They show their skills in various disciplines that reflect the everyday life of a wastewater technology specialist.
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
Water Skills—Professional Competitions (DWA, ATR.1 & 3)
Sewage transport and treatment
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Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: Trend Promise "Compostability" - Greenwashing or Innovation?
The Bützberg biogas and compost plant (BKW) of the Hamburg city cleaning department currently processes around 55,000 t. organic waste per year. In order to achieve the high quality of our quality-assured compost, we rely on “pure” organic bins.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: Building materials of the future
a) How can cities be built to be more climate-friendly? b) When cold ash becomes a hot pavement
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Reduce water loss and prevent hygienic risk in your drinking water network with economical solutions for flow and temperature monitoring.
Denis Funk
It will be shown, how economical flow and temperature metering in water mains and water networks can be realized with non-invasive ultrasonic flow measurements. A brief introduction of the measurement technology will be given. Several factors make clamp-on ultrasonic measurements challenging in water networks.
FLEXIM Flexible Industriemesstechnik GmbH
Green Stage
Digitalization in water management
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Conference
Experience it live: Processing technology for waste wood, green waste and logs
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Praxistage (VDMA, FS.908)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
VDBUM - LIVE demonstrations
Municipalities, cities, states and the federal government are increasingly issuing tenders for CO2 assessments. The VDBUM wants to talk to its guests about what the industry will face as a result of the “climate-neutral construction site”, which solutions companies need and which ones already exist.
Partner: Verband der Baubranche, Umwelt- und Maschinentechnik e. V. (VDBUM)
The path to emission-free sewer construction sites (VDBUM, FS.910)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
At IFAT Munich 2024 you can look forward to the fascinating live demonstration "Truck in Action" by VAK e.V.. This event is a celebration of power, performance and innovation in the world of municipal vehicles. Marvel at the capabilities and features of the municipal vehicle industry in the fields of road maintenance, cleaning and waste disposal.
Partner: VAK e.V.
The Truck in Action Show (VAK, FM.713/1)
Logistics and mobility in municipal technology and waste management
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Conference
Extraneous water localization with AI
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
DWA Stage (B2.120)
Digitalization in water management
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Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: Experience report on alternative drives and their charging infrastructure
The mission of Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH) to make the vehicle fleet climate-neutral by 2025 brings with it many questions and tasks. In order to achieve the goal, the SRH is making extensive operational and planning adjustments to cleaning and waste logistics.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Logistics and mobility in municipal technology and waste management
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Conference
Know-How of waste management - Our contribution to the city of the future: EcoHHub - customer-oriented service for new residential areas
Since October 2023, Hamburg City Cleaning (SRH) has been testing automated distribution of SRH products (organic bags, compost, etc.) as well as acceptance of cooking fats and oils under the “EcoHHub” brand. The offers are supplemented by a tool rental station (Mietbox24) and a DHL packing station.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
14:30
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Conference
As droughts increase over time due to climate change, reusing water from urban waste water treatment plants can become an essential tool to ensure a safe and predictable source of water, whilst lowering the pressure on water bodies and enhancing the EU’s ability to adapt to climate change.
Partner: European Water Association
Blue Stage
Management of water and sewage plants
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Conference
Where do we really stand when it comes to shaping the transition in transportation? Join us in discussing the state of technology and current funding programmes.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Orange Stage
Logistics and mobility in municipal technology and waste management
14:30
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14:40
Conference
Experience it live: Processing technology for waste wood, green waste and logs.
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Praxistage (VDMA, FS.908)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
14:30
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15:00
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15:00
Conference
At this BDE event, the Federal Environment Agency will present the results of its study on the current “Practice of sorting and recycling of packaging subject to system participation in 2022/2023” if they end up in the intended disposal route in Germany.
Partner: BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Kreislaufwirtschaft e. V.
BDE Stage (A6.241/340)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
From measured value to process decision
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
DWA Stage (B2.120)
Digitalization in water management
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Conference
a) Improvement of the “Bin2Bean” organic waste collection
b) CEO – Round office furniture
c) Decentralized waste collection at mobility hubs “MoLo Hubs”
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Stadtreinigung Hamburg
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
Make cross-provider reusable systems the standard. ReFrastructure -Stiftung for digital reusable infrastructure gGmbH (Stuttgart) presents the first "Return Anywhere Pilot" for ToGo packaging.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Partner: Messe München GmbH
Solution Tours
Digitalization in municipal technology and waste management
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Conference
What about the quality of collection, how can it be improved and, above all, ensured in the long term? This also requires comprehensive consumer education by the Dual Systems in cooperation with local authorities and private waste disposal companies in order to meet the new challenges of the circular economy.
Partner: BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Kreislaufwirtschaft e. V.
BDE Stage (A6.241/340)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
15:00
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Conference
Flood forecasting 2.0 - A look into the future
Partner: DWA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.
DWA Stage (B2.120)
Digitalization in water management
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Conference
The lecture clearly describes the physical-chemical process in which contaminated soil and building rubble in the Berlin facility are cleaned in a closed circuit and prepared for reuse.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
Water – A Scarce Ressource. Business Opportunities for German Companies Worldwide
Oliver Idem, Ullrich Umann Katja Meyer
Water is becoming scarcer worldwide. Countries, industry and agriculture must adapt to this. This brings business opportunities for German companies in the water sector. We talk to our GTAI experts on the ground about the opportunities and challenges for German SMEs in Egypt, Morocco and Spain.
Blue Stage
Water supply and reuse
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Conference
With the help of image recognition and deep learning algorithms, AI can already analyze various materials and objects in real time in different waste streams and identify misthrows. In the future, this should enable more automated and precise monitoring of the waste collection process and show where there is still a need for optimization.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Orange Stage
Digitalization in municipal technology and waste management
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Conference
Wastewater treatment plants use oxygen (in the form of air) in the aeration basin. The elimination of trace substances with ozone, on the other hand, requires concentrated oxygen, which is expensive to produce. An energy-efficient membrane separation process can significantly reduce costs, which also benefits other O2 applications.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS
Green Stage
Energy-efficient and sustainable water management
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Conference
Learn more about the progress in using new devices in work, during training and what will be in the future. Digitalization is going to change the way we work, we learn and how we communicate. Any sector is hit by these changes – so does the water sector.
Partner: Messe München GmbH
Solution Tours
Digitalization in water management
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Conference
Without measurement technology, no green hydrogen - Without hydrogen, no energy transition
Frederik Effenberger
Measurement technology is essential for green hydrogen as it ensures quality. Without hydrogen, no energy transition is possible, as renewable energies cannot be used efficiently.
Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) GmbH+Co. KG
Hydrogen in the circular economy - spotlight area (A4.427/526)
Hydrogen
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Conference
At the VDMA Crushing Zone, you will experience the technical developments that are available to enable the highest possible quality in recycling. The VDMA Crushing Zone focuses on three elementary steps: deconstruction (demolition), shredding (crushing) and preparation/screening of materials
Partner: VDMA e.V.
Crushing Zone (VDMA, FS.908)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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Conference
„Make it circular!“ – Getting to know circular business models in a playful way
Laurin Knab, Rebecca Tauer
Familiarise yourself with various circular business models for your company using our tool. This provides practical and industry-independent support in the transition from linear business models to circularity.
WWF Germany
Cross Industry Lounge (C3 north)
Material flow management
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Conference
A newly published study by Prognos AG on behalf of the Department of Labor and Economy makes it clear that the environmental economy is an important and dynamic future industry for the Munich region.
Partner: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (VKU)
Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München
VKU Stage (B4.151/350)
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
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Fraunhofer IMM has developed a mobile device based on PCR technology for the on-site detection of Legionella (or other microorganisms), which perfectly meet the require-ments defined in ISO/TS 12869-2 freshly published in April, 2024. Distinguishing live bacteria from the dead is also integrated into our prototype. We look for interested partners!
Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikrotechnik und Mikrosysteme IMM
Green Stage
Digitalization in water management
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Conference
In order to guarantee the priority of mechanical plastics recycling and to achieve a level playing field with chemical recycling, it is important to know the potential of all the technologies involved. The UBA has examined the thermochemical processes in detail and presents its assessment.
Partner: BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Kreislaufwirtschaft e. V.
BDE Stage (A6.241/340)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
16:30
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Conference
Digitalisation of water metering for the sustainable use of water
Kilian Semmelmann, Ulrich Eff, Jens Späth
Electronic water meters with high measurement accuracy and communication capabilities enable automated consumption recording and transmission, serving as a fundamental requirement for providing users with year-round consumption information. This empowers users to make conscious decisions regarding water usage and can contribute to reducing.
Partner: figawa e. V.
Blue Stage
Digitalization in water management
16:30
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Conference
Clever sorting - applying new technologies
Johannes Jacoby, Jochen Moesslein, Christian Hündgen, Axel Subklew, Patrick Lindweiler Probst Thomas
New technologies for effective and accurate sorting. Various detection systems are used in combination and also with the help of AI. Intelligent sorting is used for a wide variety of material flows. The practice of sorting technology is demonstrated.
Partner: bvse-Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V.
Orange Stage
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
16:30
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Conference
The challenges faced by utilities, industry, and populations through climate change cannot be addressed in isolation. Collaboration between customers, supply chain, and entrepreneurs are key to successfully identifying and bringing novel technologies to market.
Xylem
Green Stage
Key topic: Adapting to the results of climate change
16:30
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Conference
VDBUM - LIVE demonstrations
Municipalities, cities, states and the federal government are increasingly issuing tenders for CO2 assessments. The VDBUM wants to talk to its guests about what the industry will face as a result of the “climate-neutral construction site”, which solutions companies need and which ones already exist.
Partner: Verband der Baubranche, Umwelt- und Maschinentechnik e. V. (VDBUM)
The path to emission-free sewer construction sites (VDBUM, FS.910)
Innovative and efficient waste and recycling management
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In future, distributors of textiles and clothing will be faced with new and extensive requirements as part of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). In order to meet the changing legal requirements, the discussion will focus on the requirements that an effective EPR system must fulfill.
Green Stage
Material flow management