IFAT Africa – Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling

IFAT Africa 2023 will bring you at the forefront of the waste management revolution, where you can discover cutting-edge technologies, groundbreaking solutions, and game-changing strategies to turn waste into valuable resources.

From recycling to renewable energy, IFAT Africa brings together industry leaders, experts, and visionaries to shape a cleaner, greener future.
ISWA is joining IFAT Africa and organising a lab healthcare waste management session titiled “Overview of Clinical / Research laboratory healthcare waste management – challenges and solutions in the 21st Century”. Edward Krisiunas, ISWA’s chair of Working Group Health Care Waste (WGHCW) will host this session.

The session agenda is as below:

Part 1 – Overview of Clinical / Research laboratory waste – Realities in the 21st Century 

Presenter – Edward Krisiunas – Chair – ISWA WGHCW 

1. High level overview of Clinical / Research laboratory healthcare waste

Part 2 – Waste treatment solutions for the realities in the 21st Century 

1. Medi-Clave (Pretoria) – Autoclaves and tissue digestors. Mr. Shane Taylor, Senior Waste Technologist, Medi-Clave 
2. MWD (Joburg) – Solvent recycling and reuse for/from histology/ cytology. Mr. Ernest Botha, Director, MWD Sales & Engineering
3. Alloro Africa (Cape Town) – Newster and PURA technologies. Mr. Gianluca Magrini, Director of R&D Department, Newster Group
4. BlackForest Solutions – How to solve root cause problems of waste management worldwide. Mr. Sebastian Frisch, Senior Partner, BlackForest Solutions 

Part 3 – Panel discussions / Q + A 

1. Challenges / Opportunities / Examples of successful lab waste management projects

Our South African national member, IWMSA, will also be at the exhibition and you can learn about their plans for the ISWA World Congress 2024. They have also organized a special session on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the conference program.

Embrace the opportunity to network, learn, and collaborate with like-minded professionals who are driving change in the waste management sector – at IFAT Africa 2023, from July 5-7, 2023 at the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg.