On request DAKOFA participated in the Middle East Waste Summit 18-21 May 2010 in Dubai.
The presentations from the conference can be found here: http://www.wastesummit.com/presentations
The main message of the summit was the need for political involvement in UAE in connection with the development of the necessary tools, such as waste taxes, legislation and strategies to steer the the waste to the correct waste treatment. Currently work is beeing done in the fields of landfill technology, incineration, sorting, biological treatment and recycling of especially construction and demolition waste.
At the conference there were Danish speakers from COWI, RGS 90 and DAKOFA. COWI was also represented at the summit exhibition.