W henever trade fairs conventions and other events are staged waste and refuse is produced Too much of it puts pressure on landfill ca pacity or makes it necessary to build new in cineration plants Excessive consumption of water and energy is also anything but sus tainable Negative effects such as these can be avoided or mitigated with a combination of good intentions awareness and know how To this end Singapore s National Envi ronment Agency NEA the Singapore Tourism Board and SACEOS Singapore s business events trade association have pub lished a 3R toolkit for the MICE industry This toolkit can be downloaded as a PDF file from www visitsingapore com mice under Useful Downloads It provides organisers exhibitors and service companies with valu able tips for green events In addition to many recommendations it also provides links to expert organisations from which MICE industry players can get more in depth advice In addition a number of case studies in the event industry demonstrate clearly that taking action results in tangible benefits The organisers of Singapore Green Building Week which consists of two trade fairs and an international conference are highly com mitted to sustainability Singapore Green Building Week achieved a recycling rate of 78 percent in 2016 It was possible to obtain such accurate figures because the venue the Sands Expo Convention Centre arranged for waste to be separated so that it could be recycled Reed Exhibitions also played its part ensuring that processes were effective and providing recycling containers for plastic paper glass and metal That made it easy for those attending to support the re cycling initiative Reed also used environ mentally friendly and recycled materials in the products and equipment used The environmental card was again played at this year s Singapore Green Build ing Week which was held recently The lighting was restricted to only half its normal output during the set up phase of the event and 75 percent of normal output during the event itself That saved energy as did the 62 TradeFairs Internation al 3 2018 INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE Green events Sustainable events are all about the three Rs reduce reuse recycle Experienced specialists in Singapore have put together tips for event organisers Ph ot o R ee d Ex hi bi tio ns Die BEX Asia wird von Reed Exhibitions veranstaltet BEX Asia is organized by Reed Exhibitions

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