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Over 500 waste management companies will converge in Birmingham, UK next week to present the latest recycling technologies.

Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition
September 14-16
Birmingham, UK

The latest technologies and solutions for recycling will be demonstrated by over 500 companies at this UK trade show.
http://www.rwmexhibition.com/


IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition

September 19-24
Montreal, Canada

Over 4,500 water professionals from 130 countries will gather at this biennial event; the key topics to be discussed include water and ecosystems, water and energy and the management of water utilities.
http://www.iwa2010montreal.org/


World Green Building Week

September 20-26
International

A series of events organized by the World Green Building Council will take place across the world celebrating the benefits and importance of environmentally friendly architecture.
http://www.worldgbc.org/component/content/article/239


Solar Paces 2010

September 21-24
Perpignan, France

A four-day conference and development forum about solar power, as well as covering political and financial aspects of the subject, the conference will also focus on the latest R&D results and new solar technology. Companies such as EDF, Areva and Siemens are expected to attend; an award for innovative product development will also be presented.
http://www.solarpaces2010.org/index.htm

World Carfree day
September 22
International

World Carfree day is an initiative from the World Carfree Network encouraging people to give up their cars for a day and explore alternative means of more environmentally friendly forms of transport such as cycling.
http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/

Green awards closes to entrants
September 30
London UK / International

The Green Awards, which recognizes contributions to the environment and sustainability through advertising by corporations, closes to entrants.
www.greenawards.co.uk


Open Planet Ideas challenge closes for general ideas

October 1
International

Internet competition Open Planet Ideas organized by Sony and WWF closes for general ideas. After this date users will have decided an environmental area on which to focus and create a solution for. The competition required designers to submit ideas that would use existing technology in new environmentally friendly ways.
http://www.openplanetideas.com/

Earth Lunch Hour
October 6
Tokyo/ International

A one-day event held around the world where people are encouraged to take lunch in an environmentally responsible way in order to raise awareness of ecological issues. The event will be broadcast on Ustream and Twitter.
http://www.earthlunchhour.net/?lang=en

Global Work Party
October 10
International

This global event aims to stress the importance of cutting carbon emissions: one-day events around the world will be held to tackle the problem of global warming - in New Zealand a "giant bike fix up" is taking place, inhabitants of the Maldives intend to affix solar panels to a public office and in Bolivia a huge picnic using solar-powered stoves is scheduled.
http://www.350.org/invitation

Green awards winners announced
November 25
London, UK

The winners of The Green Awards will be announced. The Green Awards recognize companies praising sustainable and environmental policies through advertising campaigns.
www.greenawards.co.uk

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