Egypt- Ecomondo: European platform for green economy

The International Trade Fair on Material and Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development (Ecomondo 2018), organised by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), concluded its events in which international and emerging companies in the field of energy and sustainable development contributed with visitors amounting to 20,000 people.

The participating institutions presented their most prominent innovations, international businesses, and scientific contents towards shifting to a green economy, as well as seminars with organisations that have already taken the road to combine the products and services available for smart cities over four days.

115 countries participated at the Rimini Expo Centre on 129,000 sqm. About 70% of the participants were from Europe, and 9% were from the Mediterranean basin, with the active participation of China, and the Russian Federation.
Many industrial and scientific contents were presented, as well as the most advanced European programmes on the waste cycle, renewable energy, the European strategy on plastics, management and exploitation of water resources and soil treatment, development of sites and port areas, prevention and management of hydrogeological hazards, emissions control and energy efficiency.